Well only yesterday, using only the default firefox download and dial-up I downloaded the 16.6MB program setupeng.exe from avast.com in a little over an hour.
That's disappointing, even for 56k! When I calculated that, only 37.4 kbps.
I usually gotten 40kbps when I used to have 56k.
For me, if it was 37 kbps, it would have meant that my internet connection was having a bad day.
A superb day usually was 43kbps. That would be 16.6 MB in under 55 minutes.
But, the 43kbps being more the normal wasn't until at least late 2006. Before that, usually the max was 41kbps.
My 56k internet connection actually improved shortly before getting ADSL. LOL.
I just gotten ADSL this year, on May 17, 2007.