> remember, the max capacity of these systems is actually the lowest capacity of any link in the chain between you and the server, so a big pipe out is often surplus

That's wrong. That's the max speed of a link. But the max speed of your own connection is the sum of all link speeds.

> any fixed connection is great, even if it is only 245k or something. Actually, much faster is not very noticeable unless you are a divx freak..

Is that kbit or kbyte?