Re: connection speeds--was: Re: [expert] X or console wont start

[Pj]

I'm in the midwest US about 50 miles from nowhere. I have two ISP's with
T-1's but both servers are physically more than 75 miles from me.
Because of lousy connections, I bought a USR Sportster 56k external that
has the TI chipset. During heavy periods of net use I get slooow load
speeds of 4.1 and frequently less if I'm downloading locally. During
this time I often load use a mirror in Europe. When traffic is light I
can consistently see a d/l of well over 6. A few rare times I connected
at over 12. I've been computing a few years now and for my area,
anything over 3.5 is almost a miracle. 

Pj