Barry,
I wasn't trying to upstage you, just giving a bit more information.
A lot of people don't know the difference between music file types, so when the time came to transmit, after a couple of hours they would think something was wrong, and just cancel. I just gave them a reference to what sort of times to expect.
I keep going on about ADSL2, but no-one has picked up on it yet. Just to say, I am at the real outer limits of my exchange and the max download I could ever get was 1.5mb, that was with the usual 8mb system. Along with it came frequent disconnections and as low as 0.5mb when the kids got home from school, plus a limited quota for downloads unless you do most of your stuff after midnight.
A few weeks ago, I swapped over to another supplier, who does the new system. £2 a month cheaper, that is after I have paid for 5 email addresses (they come as an add on at £2 a month), fixed IP address. This is a 24mb system, and I am getting a rock solid 6mb download, 1mb upload (you can have a lot more upload for very little extra money), and NO LIMITS, anytime. No long term contract, just 3 months notice. Low cost telephone support charges, and someone always answers almost straight away. I had a technical problem setting up to access my router, that was a problem at my end. Five minutes later I was online at blistering speed (for my line it is). I was offline for less than two hours while the changeover happened.
Nothing is ever perfect, and I am sure eventually something will go wrong that disagrees with me, but I have the fairly easy option of leaving, rather than the usual Lemming systems that are being bandied around that give inferior service for higher costs.
So there is light at the end of the tunnel for most of us.
John