1. I can reduce my level of service and pay $20/mo less for 512k down which is more in line with the speed I average.
I wonder if you'd actually get the 512 or whether you'd pay for 512 but get something less - the same as you now pay for premium but get less.
Where I am, the cable company specifies all its speed levels as "up to". I check my speeds and have never seen the "up to" speed I pay for. I'm pretty sure that, if I paid for the next level up I'd probably get the "up to" speed of my current level but would never get the "up to" speed of the one I was paying for.
The big print giveth, the small print taketh away.
ryck