Just got an eMail from Cox in regards to a free speed upgrade. Preferred goes from 4Mbps to 6Mbps, & Premier goes from 9Mbps to 10Mbps.

Rebooted the modem and here's what I got on my Preferred service;

dslreports.com speed test result on 2006-10-05 16:17:38 EST:
8011 / 551
Your download speed : 8011 kbps or 1001.4 KB/sec.
That is 58% better than an average user on cox.net

Your upload speed : 551 kbps or 68.9 KB/sec.
That is 23% worse than an average user on cox.net