I dont know what ISPs youre using, but with mine it takes about .5 sec with a 56K.
I used others before that took 5 days (nah, just 20sec or so).
And I ->guess<-, the errors are transmission errors when you send and receive data. Im not sure on that.
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My system specs:
PIII 600E @ 800 (slot 1), SBLive, 15 GB IBM, Gigabyte BX2000@133, WinTV primio, Pioneer DVD 10x, Iiyama VM 451 (1280x1024@100Hz

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