Download speeds

On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 21:42, Kevin Brown wrote:
> Michael Havens wrote:
> > Call me stupid (not really) but why can't my ISP maintain download speeds of
> > 15kb/s. It will stay between 10 and 15 for a couple of seconds (making a ten
> > minute download about 1 minute) and then drop back down to 5.5 (or around
> > there). Is there anything I can do about it?
>
> might not be your ISP, could be your system, or more likely something further
> upstream, or even the server at the far end.
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Actually, 5.5 is extremely good for a dial-up account. I would doubt
that you could sustain that rate on a 56k modem.

Craig