Since DirecTV DSL has gone belly up, I had to find another ISP. I ended up going with Earthlink Cable, mainly because Earthlink gave me so much hassle when I called to sign up for their DSL service. 12 month agreement, etc, and I wasn't on the phone a minute before they started pushing the cable service. So, what the hell, cable it was.
As it turns out, the cable service has been (so far) much faster than my old DSL connection. With DSL, the fastest speed I ever got was around 1200 bps (1.2 megabits, mostly between 1.0 and 1.1).
With cable, I'm averaging around 2003 bps down (2 megabits), 260 up, and a transfer rate of 245 kb/sec. Pretty danged fast...
2003-01-31 21:13:09 EST: 2002 / 265
Your download speed: 2002030 bps, or 2002 kbps.
A 244.3 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 265533 bps, or 265 kbps.
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2003-01-31 21:14:35 EST: 1972 / 212
Your download speed: 1972800 bps, or 1972 kbps.
A 240.8 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 212652 bps, or 212 kbps.
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2003-01-31 21:16:11 EST: 2032 / 201
Your download speed: 2032989 bps, or 2032 kbps.
A 248.1 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 201267 bps, or 201 kbps.
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2003-02-01 00:01:33 EST: 2153 / 237
Your download speed: 2153037 bps, or 2037 kbps.
A 262.8 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 237360 bps, or 237 kbps.
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2003-02-01 12:09:01 EST: 2030 / 325
Your download speed: 2030663 bps, or 2030 kbps.
A 247.8 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 325812 bps, or 325 kbps.
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2003-02-02 11:06:29 EST: 1783 / 278
Your download speed: 1783667 bps, or 1783 kbps.
A 217.7 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 278706 bps, or 278 kbps.
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2003-02-02 11:08:54 EST: 2046 / 316
Your download speed: 2046822 bps, or 2046 kbps.
A 249.8 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 316230 bps, or 316 kbps.