Leopard capping my internet speed?

Summary: My computer's speedtest.net speed, which matches what charter is giving me, is significantly slower the the speeds my entire system ever experiences.
Detailed: I subscribe to charter 10Mb/1Mb cable service. My speedtest results say I'm getting 9.8Mb/.87Mb. That's all cool. However, every network speed tool I have on my computer show that the fastest my connection gets is like 1.7Mb/.5Mb.
_These would be:_
Activity monitor
IMenus
The iStat Pro Widget
I use the internet for a lot of things. Why is my comp slowing me down like this? Why isn't apple paying me for the 8Mb/s I'm not getting through?

Hi santa.com-
Greetings and welcome to the Apple boards
The speedtest results are based on throughput speed at maximum capacity.
The little widgets show what the actual throughput is at any time. You can be connected to the internet at 100MB/s but if the server on the other end isn't that fast or if there is a lot of network traffic it will still slow you down.
Another thing to be aware of is that a lot of isps have been caught recently cheating the speed tests, so that the results always indicate you are getting at least the minimum speed they sold you even if you are not.
Luck-
-DaddyPaycheck

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