Exactly how fast is an ADSL Connection?
In your area, downloads can be as fast as 1.5 Mbps, or up to 50 times faster than a 28K modem dial-up connection. Most pages will appear in a flash, and a large file that used to take minutes to download over dial-up will arrive in seconds. Upload speed, which is what you do when you send email, is as fast as 256 Kbps.