said by silbaco:Many ISPs also bump people's speed up on a regular basis, they don't bump them down.
Oh, but they do. I just lost my 3 Gig DSL (downgraded to 1.5/126 by the owner of the copper or the owner of the circuit--not sure which, but not by my ISP) "to make the line more stable." The upshot being that, rather than troubleshooting the circuit, it is simply easier to re-provision the speed.