wow sounds like you live in a cool place,good luck on dsl or cable,I have it just down the road from me,but they say it could take 1 to 10 years just to bring it a few blooks.........aaron
Have you check your Http Proxy to make sure your taking advantage of proxy server,make sure that you have also checked the advance tab in internet option,scroll down to Http and check mark connect through http proxy's hit apply,and see if you speed has increased................Aaron