Bitcoin transactions have probably been slower for me over the past months since I would usually get confirmations within the first block that appeared if I paid 0.0001 fee, but now, I would have to wait half a day sometimes. So no, I don't think that transactions are faster in any means.
Saying that you've included X fee is pointless. That fee might be adequate for TX A, but might be too low for TX B. What matters is satoshis/byte (which currently stands at 40 satoshis/byte).
For me bitcoin transaction is not so fast if you compared to the old ones, Old transaction in back 2012 transaction is more faster than now, And sometime blockchain has a huge problem in transaction
Don't blame the network if you can't use Bitcoin properly. There have been no known problems with the blockchain either. You don't know what you're talking about.