thanks-a-bunches to elijahpaul. ur tweaking instructions worked for me. i was frustrated with my connection speed running at 256Kbps download. with ur help heres my current speed test result...

:::::::::::::::::.. Download Stats ..:::::::::::::::::
Download Connection is:: 410 Kbps about 0.4 Mbps (tested with 386 kB)
Download Speed is:: 50 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Main)
Test Time:: 2007/10/30 - 4:22pm
Bottom Line:: 7X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 20.48 sec
Tested from a 386 kB file and took 7.721 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 41.38 % faster than the average for host (241.200)
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-BTIZMUJG6
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)


ur a genius  ... hope u help more people with their speed issues.