The cable provider also functions as an ISP but now we're back to my wife & her fondness for AOL. Cable speeds are screamin'! Not sure about the constant speed (LAN properties show 10Mbps & that's where the modem's plugged in) but average video STREAM is 600-700K sometimes up to 800.... pretty smooth. In fairness (urrghh) to AOL you do get access to some content that yu would otherwise have to pay a premium for, video svcs. etc. Still not sure it's worth it though.