Re: Wish I could get screwed like that.;-)
Tested mine on two of the links you gave. The first one doesn't have anything near KC listed.
The Broadband site gave me: 15.39 Mbps DL and 10 minutes later 20.30. UL was .97 Mbps and identical in the 2nd test. Ping 43, then 40 ms on the 2nd.
Bandwidth Place returned 10.41 DL, .957 UL, 2nd test 8.23 DL, .954 UL and a 3rd time 9.62 DL, .953 UL. No pings listed.
The DL was all over the place. This is the time of afternoon when all the kids are getting home from school and getting onto their computers.