alrighty.. I edited out some of the traceroute to obscure my employer :)
[jasonc@nightfall jasonc]$ ncftpget ftp://ftp1.optonline.net/pub/test64
test64: 64.00 MB 7.82 MB/s
[jasonc@nightfall jasonc]$ traceroute ftp1.optonline.net
traceroute to ftp1.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (167.206.5.41), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
*snipped*
10 r1-pos2-2.in.nycmny83.cv.net (167.206.8.149) 6.446 ms 6.372 ms 6.451 ms
11 r2-srp5-0.wan.hcvlny.cv.net (167.206.12.146) 6.983 ms 6.867 ms 6.894 ms
12 65.19.104.4 (65.19.104.4) 6.964 ms 6.842 ms 6.952 ms
13 65.19.104.22 (65.19.104.22) 6.932 ms 6.993 ms 7.007 ms
14 167.206.15.149 (167.206.15.149) 7.462 ms 7.405 ms 7.613 ms
15 167.206.15.155 (167.206.15.155) 19.619 ms 7.006 ms 8.095 ms
16 * * *
^C
[jasonc@nightfall jasonc]$
[jasonc@nightfall jasonc]$ ncftpget ftp://ftp.aol.com/aol6.0/171340/setupaol60.exe
setupaol60.exe: 44.19 MB 9.24 MB/s
[jasonc@nightfall jasonc]$ traceroute ftp.aol.com
traceroute to ftp.aol.com (205.188.212.118), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
*snip snip*
8 ftp.newaol.com (205.188.212.118) 1.314 ms 1.527 ms 1.218 ms
[jasonc@nightfall jasonc]$
just to clarify - those are megabytes, not megabits.
Just from my desk at work.. though I do have 1.5/1.5 fiber at home (Brambleton in Loudoun County, Virginia - first full community with FTTH for voice, data, tv) - I get basically 1.3/1.5 realistically. I believe they're going to offer 3/3 soon, which would be nice.