Above and Beyond - The Charitable Trust for the United Bristol Hospitals

modem speed	download time
	100KB file	200KB file
28.8Kb	28 secs	56 secs
56Kb	14 secs	29 secs
ISDN 64Kb	12 secs	25 secs
ISDN/aDSL 128Kb	6 secs	12 secs
aDSL 256Kb	3 secs	6 secs
aDSL 512Kb	1 sec	3 secs
aDSL 1Mb	<1 sec	<1 sec
average downloads times for typical file sizes found on this website

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