Personally I go for DSL or T1 hosts as a rule. The type of music I go for is seldom offered by T3 hosts and I have had limited success with those I have tried.

What you must remember though is this. A lot of fast connections are labelled as modem, and until you try them you will not find out if they are a modem, or a much faster connection. The other thing is that you could get just as good a speed from, say six modems co-sharing a file, as a single cable, T1 or T3 connection.

If I am having difficulty finding a decent copy of a file I might well chose to get it from a modem. Modem hosts tend to be more careful what they share in my experience. Experiment a bit ... you will find out what works best for you.

I hope this helps.

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