heres a couple of the DNS addresses i use...
38.113.2.100
199.166.28.10
199.166.31.3
199.166.24.253
these aren't the Direcway DNS servers, but their DNS servers never worked right for me anyway...
yea, thats probably because of your distance from your isp, because you have dsl (speed goes down as distance increases)
try the attached file (open the fasterpageloading.bat file)
you dont have to actually download the whole file, its just to put a load on your connection while the test is run. i use zonealarm and think its better, but thats just my opinion...
your advertised speed should be on your bill...how much do you pay per month?
download the attached file, open the download shortcut (click open if a dialogue pops up), then run autocheck.bat, cancel the download, and paste the results here