Netflix has boxes that are colocated at some ISP locations to stream videos closer to your location. Maybe fast.com connects to those systems.
Yes it does. For example here for the speedtest it started a connection to: ipv4_1-lagg0-c002.1.hmo001.telmex.isp.nflxvideo.net (which is my ISP Telmex in Hermosillo) and ipv4_1-cxl0-c041.1.dfw003.ix.nflxvideo.net which is in Dallas.
What kind of connection gives you 730Mbps?
Gigabit becomes quite common in Europe. I get 910
Wow. Is this a home consumer connection? What is the cost?
40 Euro. 100mbit 9,90, 600mbit 19,90. Eastern Europe for the win ;)
Bit on the high side, I pay a fourth of that here :)
I'm on a basic 1 GBps home connection here in Japan. Costs $35/mo. My ISP is kinda crappy so I usually only get around 300-500 MBit - I've been looking into changing ISPs (the fibre network has open competition)
Strange I too have a higher upload than download speed on speedtest.net (usually 75 down, 80 up - or so)