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[James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>]

On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, sindi keesan wrote:

> Is my download speed typical for a 56K modem?  I think my 'free ISP' (local 
> community college) may be worth about what it costs.  Web pages are loaded at 
> up to 5K but downloads rarely reach 3.2K.

It's been awhile since I was on a dialup connection, but I recall getting 
4-5K/sec on downloads at times. With applications that show real 
connection speed, I found myself often needing to diconnect when I got a 
slow connection (less than 45000) and immediately reconnecting to try and 
get a faster one. This often worked. I suppose it depends how many 
modems/modem banks your ISP has and whether they're using newer hardware.

James