I used to get really slow speeds, lower than 83.3kbytes/s, but i called Verizon this last friday and they said they'd upgrade my speed if I was elligible for the speed upgrade.
I ran the line test and right now they say I am getting 512kbits/s or 83.3kbytes/s
The woman on the phone said they'd upgrade me to 1.5mbits/s, that's 3x faster!!! W00T!
My advice to those out there who think their dsl service is a bit slow, do this! You too might be elligible for the change, and it's free.