RE: Speeds dropping far below normal levels.

Interesting.

I had tried a couple PingTest.net tests over the last few days and didn't see anything out of the ordinary. Here are some results from a ping -t in CMD and a pingtest.net test.

http://imgur.com/4lNJ7h3,Ehp12jx,G2MugvE

http://imgur.com/4lNJ7h3,Ehp12jx,G2MugvE#1

And just to make sure the Max Delay didn't drop, I did another test on the site you provided:

http://imgur.com/4lNJ7h3,Ehp12jx,G2MugvE#2

Don't see any packet loss of any kind!  What is this magic...