At 03:47 PM 12/15/2003 -0500, you wrote:

>My questions are:
>Is this an unusually fast download speed today?

I'm with Charter. A few months ago, they sent a letter to all subscribers
stating that they had made upgrades to their equipment and that we would be
upgraded at no extra charge, (for now I imagine). A week later, I went from
1.7MB to 3.2MB.

>Is it as spectacular as Toast.net would have me believe?

I've checked with several test sites and get the same answer.

>Is the built in Intel NIC a big factor? I've heard they are good.

IMHO, I don't believe this makes much difference... unless you have a real
crappy one.

>What other hardware or software would cause this big increase in speed?

Spyware, Viruses, File Sharing Programs, etc (on your end)

Server software and new equipment (on their end)

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