It does have plenty of advantage. On normal browsing and stuff maybe you won't feel it that much. But if you direct download something, the speed you get will almost be at full(1.5). Do a speedtest at streamyx.com. The speed you get there, is the max you can get if you download anywhere.

These 'slow' speed means nothing. It just means that it's kinda slow browsing those websites. Like I said before, if you direct download something using a download manager, usually you'll get a fast speed.

It's like watching a youtube video on your browser. Most of the time it loads slow. But if you copy the youtube link, go to keepvid.com, paste the youtube link there, copy the link that came up after that, then paste the link from keepvid.com page into your download manager, the speed you'll get will be a lot faster.