I'm running tests almost daily... I found a new test that I hope will be informative. Check out dslreport's smoketest for my IP... we'll see what happens.
About four months ago, I switched from Bezeq ADSL (through my job) + BezeqInt ISP to Hot cable + Barak ISP. For 99NIS/month, I get 1.5Mbps download and a whopping (by Israeli standards) 512Kbps upload (Bezeq gave me 1.5/96). That's the good news.