Mark,

I noticed the initial "burst" when I ran the test this morning. I nearly fell out of my seat but then it settled down toward 20 mbps. Makes sense because most page requests would be honored by the burst; whereas, streaming should not be a bandwidth hog.

Couple years ago when Fios was introduced to my neighborhood, I did the free trial concurrently with my Comcast service. I thought that the TV was better but the internet was slower, probably because they were adding so many neighbors onto our loop. Though I did not switch, the full setup (including line into the house) is still present if I ever elect to switch.

Xfinity will lower their price after the 2-yr contract if you have Fios available.