adelphia cable in puerto rico. 3000/256

::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::
Connection is:: 2824 Kbps about 2.8 Mbps (tested with 2992 KB)
Download Speed is:: 345 kB/s
Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/
Bottom Line:: 50 times faster than 56K you can download 1MB in 2.97 second(s)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=YJE0H152W

::::::::::.. Upload Stats ..::::::::::
Connection is: 226 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 1013 KB)
Upload Speed is: 28 kB/s
Tested From:: http://www.testmy.net/
Bottom Line: 4 times faster than 56K you can upload 1MB in 36.57 second(s)
Validation Link :: http://testmy.net/cgi-bin/get.cgi?Test_ID=U2DWFMU4P

moved to cable from puerto rico telephone company dsl. those <language fit for a marine> decided that in the interest of security they would block /all/ ports, oh, they left 80, 23 etc open, nice of em, on their end. seeing as the connection is used as a home office, and the company wants to be able to admin the machine with pcanywhere, this is a /slight/ problem. their comment: well, give us the ip that the admin logs on from and we will set up a tunnel for you. <WTF?> well, got that done once, lasted a week. called adelphia, asked what their policy on port blocking is. they asked me if i was a prtc dsl customer. aha. nuff said. well, the connection costs 55.95 US, the company reimburses up to 50 for broadband, so it's 6 bucks net. sweet. and the ip is supposed to be dynamic, but i haven't seen it change in 2 months now... best thing was the digging up to the house, laying cable install etc came to 75 bucks. good deal.

Greets out to all the troops fighting for democracy! also to those currently engaged in the cleanup in SE asia.