Well, give an example of some webpages that you think are too slow and what YOUR speeds are to load them. Just say how many seconds to load, I don't need a video. From what I've read of this thread, I'm assuming you are no longer talking YouTube or Flash-enhanced pages (except with Flash blocked). (If you are still whining about Flash-rich pages, then forget my whole post here, because your standards are absurd.) So, would the NY Times home page mean something to you? Google News full main page (not the mobile page thing or the iPhone-adapted one)?

Also, what HAVE you done of what's been suggested here: hosts file (and removing Ad-block)? FlashBlock?