Does verizon cut customers fios speed slightly after 1 yr of beating the advertised speed??

i have always checked my download speed on a regular basis and have been so pleased to beat the advertised speed.
for exactly 1 yr ive averaged about 20.6 download (and sometimes up to 22!) speed on both my wired desktop and also my wireless laptop.
now suddenly after a yr of sevice,my speed has been reduced for the past 1 week.i can get 19 mb max but i cant ever hit 20mb anymore...i have read postings on other boards claiming verizon makes sure to beat the advertised speed to make
sure new customers are happy with the service.
i cant help but wonder since i just hit the 1 yr service time,if my speed has been cut slightly by verizon(i hope not).
this happened on 2 different computers at the same time and if i had a faulty fios connection,my speed would drop by more then just 1.5 mb.
i hope i can soon get back to my 20 mb speed that i always been so happy with.

As long as I've had FiOS, I've never had that happen nor have I ever heard of it happening and, Verizon gains nothing by intintionally doing it.
1MB drop isn't a drop, and you can't get a consistant read using 3rd party tests. I can use DLS or Speakeasy and get great variances hitting all of their servers.
The only thing you can test that is consistant is Verizon's speed test to know what you're getting between you and Verizon. Once you get on "the hwy" there are too many variables in traffic and servers.
Of course, you shold also check to see if you coujld stand a tweek or 2. There are some easy network tweeks that every PC needs when on a high speed network.

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Some recent news has been brought to my attention by Verizon Wireless' customer service department, and I think that given the severity of Verizon Wireless’ continued breach of contract to Internet customers, this matter should be brought to everyone else's attention as well.
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