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Regardless of who your provider is, your network speed is always dependent on the slowest server (and your connection of course), thats why some sites load fast and others don't, load balancing, server speeds, and general network health are huge factors. I have read reports that SPAM takes up 40% of all network traffic at any given point and time, that means no spam, faster internet for all of us. The internet is a highway, when I am travelling to Calgary, the Trans canada has speeds of 100 km/h, when I hit any city, it slows down because of traffic lights, more cars, construction etc... network is no different. Having a 5 MB pipe allows you to get that, but you will always be limited to the slowest server between you and what you want.... the weakest link so to speak. Another cool stat about the 'network', 85% of all installed fibre optic cabling is not lit!