As a former employee of an ISP, I would be wary of "consistent" speeds.
Some ISPs just have a speed echoed back that does not reflect true
connection rate.
Kind of like having an oil pressure guage consistently pointing at 70 psi
regardless of engine rpms.
The key is the rate you can download files, the connect speed is an
indicator only. But I would be suspicious if it didn't fluctuate.
Connection conditions fluctuate much like the oil pressure (making a
pseudo-attempt at making this on topic).
David
71 BGT
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>I recently upgraded my modem from X2 to V90 56K and I'm consistently
>getting speeds of 52000, never less than 480000. Before I was getting
>sometimes 50000, but usually 45000 or lower. This is with ATT Worldnet. I
>think it depends a lot on your telephone connection, like how far you are
>from the telephone company, lines, "static" etc.
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