bodger is right, don't be fooled by the daft connection rates that some ISP's claim. They may indeed be able to connect your computer to their system at that, but you should always remember that, in general, the speed of down/up-load that you will percieve is going to equal to the slowest server/router in the link between you and the site you are accessing - of course having a highspeed connection yourself can only help - personally I use ISDN and it's always 115,200 baud plus literally three seconds from start of dial to connection.