I pay for a 7.1Mbps/1.5Mbps DSL connection. I get about 7.3Mbps on the download, and hit my upload exactly according to Speakeasy. My pings are very low, down in the teens and the 20's to game servers on east cost, and often times in the 30's to west coast.
When downloading, I pull a solid speed no matter what time of day it is, or what time of year. If I had cable, I'd be lagging like crazy right now, and all the time during the summer when school is out because of the slowdowns in the area. My download in kilobytes is 934.5KB/s (oftem times I see it downloading at 1MB/s!). My upload holds solid any time as well, and goes at 184.2KB/s. It's some pretty crazy speeds for DSL.