I notice now that I get a slightly better speed early in the day rather than later, yet the amount of people online here is greater now than in the evening. Granted the improved speed is 144 kb/s instead of 90 kb/s, but it is strange. It seems everone's trace route stops at the nas peak 10. Is that a hub that lots of sites meet up at? I guess that would still not explain the variations and the fact that some people do not seem to be affected.

I did try a download with Norton disabled at home, but it did not change anything. ugh