FF>> There *are* good preforming ISPs that don't charge timed rates out
 FF>> there, you just have to find them.

 AT> But by the time you've found them a few hundred people have flocked
 AT> to it and the ISP has increased its amount of dialin lines without
 AT> increasing bandwidth :)

Not at my ISP :-)

In fact, they just increased their bandwidth *without* adding any more dialin lines!

I am seeing regular 3000+ cps FTP's from US sites 

Regards,
Frank


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