When my connection works fine it's great (6.5 mbit in the middle of nowhere). The only issue is that they throttle FTP and don't mention it which is... annoying.
The School Connection:
Lots of kids using it atm so it explains why the download is so rubbish...
The upload is what it is. It's down to the technical limitations of the Cable network. You are never going to get high upload speeds on a cable network. Just like with ADSL, the download/upload speeds will always be heavily asymetric. Just something you're going to have to accept basically.
Guys.. a question, how much do you pay for your internet connections?
Here it`s next to nothing.. i pay like 15-20 eur / month.. And this is the result..