Riverhound,
<< Guess you guys don't know how your download speed relates to your connection. Your connection is mesured in bits, while your download is in bytes. There are 8 bits to a byte. So if you connect at 52000bits your max download will be 6.5bytes. 52000/8 = 6.5 >>
Nope, wrong.
Modems transmit data 8 bits at a time, with one start bit and one stop bit. Therefore, to transfer 1 byte of data requires 10 bits. So a 48000bps connection will only give you 48000/10/1024 = 4.6875 K/s transfer speeds on uncompressable data. Now, most data compresses a little, making the transfers seem higher.
To check your actual troughput, download a fairly large (500k at least) .ZIP or .RAR file from a fast server (preferably your ISP's web site.)
Modus