Tested as D 7.10Mb U 590Kb

Right you are.

Any idea what the average is over there and is that the best you can get with that ISP? Just wondering 'cos those numbers seem low compared to the speeds we get here (at least in cities, we have outlying areas with some dial-up-like speeds).

That's the minimum package and likely well below average but not really sure about that.

The ISP advertises plans with "speeds up to 250 Mbps" (down, obviously), which cost more: https://primus.ca/index.php/ont_en/internet.html

We're not streaming or downloading huge amounts at this point (get all our movies on dvd from the library, which has a great selection) -- apart from surfing and email, Mrs.D watches a tv show, I download games, that's about it. The new service seems faster and more reliable than what we had.