What's the real deal with adsl connection speeds

[marcfell27]

I've recently upgraded to 512/128kbps from 256/64kbps ADSL through an ethernet card. It cost me another $20 a month and a lot of lost sleep.

The download speed in real time hasn't changed. It's still around the 50kbps mark. So I called the ISP and got told that I was lucky to be getting 50kbps as a good 512kbps connection should only expect about 38kbps.

I explained to the 'knob end' that I had upgraded from 256kbps and my downloads were still the same speed. I then asked what I was paying the extra $20 for. He just kept talking about how lucky I was...

I've have friends with 512kbps with other ISP's and they say they get about 90kbps.

Does this sound wrong to anyone else???

 

[Peddant]

If you haven`t already got this program,here it is - http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/Dan_Elwells_Broadband_Speed_Test/bbspeedtest.html

For the record,I`m on 512kbps and am getting about 55-60kbps download.This is in a large town.The further out in the sticks you live,the slower the speed your likely to get.