Download speeds

[Kevin Brown]

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.