[Jim galbally]

ok ive got 10mb and thats an upgrade form 1mb (so my upoload has gone from 128k to 512k)

ive tested uploading and i can definately get these faster up-speeds

anyway, whenever i start getting the upload above the 10kb/sec mark it saturates my connection and the download speed drops dramatically.

For example... i'm downloading a file from a FAST ftp site (so i can get 1000+kb/sec)

with no upload its fast
with 10kb/sec upload its fast
with 20kb/sec upload it drops down to well under 200kb/sec (normally<100kb/sec)

now 20kb/sec upload is nowhere near the limit of my 512k connection.

so, what i'm getting at is.

does the bandwith get saturated at the same level even if you have a faster upload speed cap set.

what i'm REALLY getting at with all this is... is my connection fooked, or is it right that i have to keep my upload speed below 100k