I've complained a few times about how irregular confirmations are and I'm starting to troubleshoot to identify the issue and one thing I noticed is when I'm connected to my vpn, which routes my internet through it, my transactions are almost instant. When I disable and its just home internet, Comcast, my transactions are sporadic and can some times take over 1 hour.
Once the network sees your transaction, your internet connection has nothing to do with how quickly your transactions get confirmed. Any anecdotal evidence you think you've seen to the contrary is due to selective memory and normal variations in a small sample size.
In other words, the first confirmation of a transaction takes an average of 10 minutes regardless of your connection speed. The actual time can vary between a few seconds to an hour.
