What is adequate DSL speed/cost for 450MHz G4

A barrage of unnecessary speed and cost options for DSL that I am not smart 
enough to address, so I seek your application. Practically, I see only the 
display of content that includes a webcam or movie as being close to the 
dreaded bandwidth hog demand that we have to be concerned about. I do not see 
the loading of a page as being a meaningful consideration and anyway its the 
media that will take the lead and bring the page load time with it.

I am using a G4 running 10.4 or 10.5 at 450 MHz and as I view a movie, looking 
carefully at the download bar as it meets the "just in time" JIT needs of the 
display, the JIT bar is just being chased by the display bar, but does manage 
to just barely stay ahead, so I question the needed expense of faster and 
faster DSL. I was using 768kbps at $15./mo and the JIT bar was never ahead of 
the display bar, so I have just now moved to 1500kbps at $20./mo. If I had a 
faster G4 or G5 - would a 2GHz use any more - I need a faster DSL to meet the 
JIT criteria? Is any faster just costing more with no real benefit? Am I 
getting poorer movies and failed to notice it?
JML


      

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