Holy crap, those are some terrible speeds. I range from 500 to 700 with DSL (at home) and 800-1200 with fiber at work!
by the way, for the Nels Cline fans, there's a few good ones on Archive.org featuring Nels in the Scott Amedola band
http://www.archive.org/details/ScottAmendola
all the ones there, except the 2011 set have Nels on gtr and are pretty nice recordings, too.
ps, HBJ, thanks for the Derek !