>> my mother has just been connected to sort of broadband service here >> in Sofia, Bulgaria (we call it here LAN net - a local ISP pulls an >> ethernet cable to your home/office and connects you to internet via >> you ps's lan card). I have to limit her download speeds to 3 k/sek in >> accordance with her connection plan. Of course we first have to agree on what 3 k/sec means but this does not sound like Ethernet which is more like 10,000 K. I think regular dialup is 56K, in the US. Perhaps you should recheck your figures and report back. K of course can mean different things in different countries, I guess. I ran across a similar problem where M used by contractors to stand for 1000 instead of 1,000,000 as others might use it. Rather embarresed when I asked why we should take out a $50,000,000 insurance policy on a $50,000 job... --- If you have a Florida Driver's License, Florida will sell your private information, including Social Security Number. To block this sale, visit: <http://www.hsmv.state.fl.us/ddl/DPPAInfo.html> JackRodgers at earthlink.net http://www.JackRodgers.com http://www.LobateLacScale.com