<< How do you guys record your dl/ul rates? >>
Most (if not all) DSL ISPs advertise/sell specific speed packages (combinations of upload and download speeds)...common ones are
640kbps down/90kbps up, 1.5mbps down/384kbps up. Cable users don't have this since it's not limited, and it often varies, so just figure out what the fastest you can download is, then multiply by 8 (from KB - kilobyes, to kb - kilobits).