[Hidden-tech] Verizon DSL slow?

[Trace Meek]

Anyone else out there have Verizon DSL and if so, are you finding the 
service to be slow lately? I counted 20 seconds for one page to appear. 
Once within a given domain, pages seem to load quicker. I tried all the 
usual remedies (restart router, etc.) but the service is still patchy.

I had suspected that maybe it was a DNS issue (some forums here and 
there claim that this is a Verizon weakness), but interestingly, typing 
an IP address doesn't seem to speed things up either.

Then today at work I found two other people who were experiencing 
similar problems with their home DSL.

Any big network changes going on, that anyone knows about (other than a 
coincidental shift in Verizon's pricing structure)?

Trace Meek