That user could have meant a high-speed section to download from only. It's frustrating to find what you want and then spend an eternity attempting to download it only to get some kind of packet error in the 9th inning.

As far as who we share with, why should we block anybody? Most-if not all of us- started out in the dialup wasteland (Compuserv on a 2400 bps connection anyone?) Feel free to jump on my broadband any time!