I thought this might give some more interesting results than home based connections, due to the availablility of fibre, ATM, ADSL etc etc.

Here is what i just got (From Telecom Airdale Street):

Download Speed: 5553 kbps (694.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 9159 kbps (1144.9 KB/sec transfer rate)

If only I had this at home!