According to the FCC you are only getting about half your advertised speed

Ars Technica has an interesting article up regarding a new FCC report (PDF) highlighting broadband internet stats.  One of the most amazing findings is that US broadband consumers only getting about half of the advertised speed.  This is mainly due to the "up to" prefix most provides like to preface their speeds with.  According to the FCC report, providers advertise a mean "up to" speed of 6.7Mbps in 2009, but consumers only saw a median speed of 3Mbps and a median speed of 4Mbps.