For my birthday, I bought myself a Raspberry Pi 3, Mobel B, Starter Kit from MCM Electronics (www.mcmelectronics.com) that included the Pi, an 8G SD card, power supply and a see-through plastic case.

First project: http://makezine.com/projects/send-ticket-isp-when-your-internet-drops/

Pretty cool set-up.  Played around with GitHub.  Pi is now plugged directly into my cable modem and I remote into it, when I need to.  Below are Google Charts depicting my monthly speeds.

I pay for 50/50 on Frontier Communications (nee Verizon ViOS). The BLUE color is download and the RED color is upload. The chart graphs hourly speeds as determined by http://www.speedtest.net.

Let me know what you think!

Nov 16	Ping (ms)	Down (Mb/s)	Up (Mb/s)
Monthly	20.684	51.921	35.846

16DEC	Ping (ms)	Down (Mb/s)	Up (Mb/s)
Monthly	19.259	54.367	41.905