[beckett]

I showed her how much faster eBay auctions and Google searches were..,

Absurd. Searches are no faster on other ISPs than they are on AOL.

Why all this misinformation? It's just silly. The size of the pipe controls speed, not the name of the ISP.

[Xenalyte]

Because it's something we saw with our own eyes.

We dialed in on AOL, went to Google, searched (for what, I can't remember) and timed how long it took to get the results.

Then we did the exact same search while dialed in on my SWB account.

The search on my account was faster. Pictures load quicker too. I wouldn't assert it had I not verified it.