Of course, the speed is never the same. It depends on how many people are on and what they are loading. Most of the time, I go from an range of 3Mbps to 10Mbps.
Yes this is a re-post, I am sure more than you and I know. But you will see many re-posts on same topics and questions.
A lot of the time it's just someone different who wasn't here the last time or people just want to check to see where everyone is at.