Problem solved! For once it wasn't too advanced for me.

I had my modem speed set too high. I dropped it from 11,500 to 56K. transfer 
is fast now. 

Found the solution here:
http://www.linuxselfhelp.com/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO-17.html

17.4 Uploading (downloading) files is broken/slow

Flow control (both at your PC and/or modem-to-modem) may not be enabled. For 
the uploading case: If you have set a high DTE speed (like 115.2k) then flow 
from your modem to your PC may work OK but uploading flow in the other 
direction will not all get thru due to the telephone line bottleneck. This 
will result in many errors and the resending of packets. It may thus take far 
too long to send a file. In some cases, files don't make it thru at all.

For the downloading case: If you're downloading long uncompressed files or web 
pages (and your modem uses data compression) or if you've set a low DTE 
speed, then downloading may also be broken due to no flow control. 

On Thursday 12 May 2005 11:38 am, Siri Amrit Kaur wrote:
> I think this may be a Linux question, if not, then we'll label it OT.
>
> I've been trying to upload some small files to two different remote servers
> using http, ftp and WebDAV. I downloaded 3MB of files from my website just
> fine. I can't upload back, however. The connection establishes OK and
> initially for a few seconds the transfer seems to be happening, then it
> stalls, slows down, and deteriorates to nothing. My dialup connection is
> good, surfing speed is excellent, there's no static on the lines. I have an
> external Best Data modem.
>
> My ISP looked and said they can't find anything wrong. They tried uploading
> a file to the same server using the telephone number I'm using, and didn't
> have any slowdown.
>
> I'm using Debian with the 2.6.10-kanotix-8 kernel. I rebooted into Vector
> Linux with the 2.4.29 kernel and the same thing happens.
>
> I've tried it with the firewall turned off and it didn't change anything.
> I've tried it at all times of the day and night.
>
> I read about a problem almost exactly like this at LinuxQuestions.org, and
> the guy said the problem was very deep in his kernel. He didn't say how he
> fixed it, though!
>
> Any suggestions welcome.
>
> thanks,
> Siri Amrit
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