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     I ran another test today and I am still getting a pretty good test.  I don't think I will order the upgrade to the 7000.  I don't like the additional 15 months.

Download Stats ..:::
Download Connection is:: 1459 Kbps about 1.46 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Download Speed is:: 178 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Server 1)
Test Time:: 2006/10/02 - 6:02pm
Bottom Line:: 25X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 5.75 sec
Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 16.797 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 39.35 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com)
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-CX0NFYSTE
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Hotbar 4.1.4.0; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) [/size]

Thanks, download was pretty good, but I almost fell asleep waiting for my upload to register.  This is what it turned out to be. 
::::::::::.. Upload Stats ..::::::::::
Upload Connection is:: 41 Kbps about 0.04 Mbps (tested with 579 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 5 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Server 1)
Test Time:: 2006/10/02 - 6:11pm
Bottom Line:: 1X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 204.8 sec
Tested from a 579 kB file and took 116.89536 seconds to complete
Upload Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 39.81 % of your hosts average (direcpc.com)
U-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-F2RY67H90
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Hotbar 4.1.4.0; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)

DLewis,
Do you think calling Hughes would do any good? Or should I just thank my lucky stars that download is o.k.

Pretty much the only advantage or the 7000 is the uploads.  One other thing, make sure that you run the 2992 test TWICE to get the most accurate results.  Sometimes it will over calculate your download because Hughes is such a bursty system.  You can also try a larger test file:

http://www.testmy.net/dl-5983


:::::::::::::::::.. Upload Stats ..:::::::::::::::::
Upload Connection is:: 187 Kbps about 0.19 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 23 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Server 2)
Test Time:: 2006/10/02 - 6:35pm
Bottom Line:: 3X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 44.52 sec
Tested from a 1013 kB file and took 44.37024 seconds to complete
Upload Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 81.55 % faster than the average for host (direcpc.com)
U-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-M4Y16WGQ3
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.1)