I know y'all are sick to DEATH of explaining things to those of us who are completely new and ignorant as h*ll, but please advise:

I have spent two days doing everything you all have advised. I called my provider, Yahoo DSL, and they said they don't restrict anything. I did the speed test, my results were Download Speed: 1922 kbps (240.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 414 kbps (51.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
I have tweaked my uploads/dowloads bars, etc. I opened my collection of music for folks to upload so I wouldn't be a freeloader. I have done everything I can think of. I only connect to folks who have a T3 or higher connection. I only try 4 star stuff. My downloads very rarely exceed 2 kbps. I am very saddened and depressed about this. This is the main reason I purchased DSL! I have read page after page of advice from all of you, and most of it makes no sense at all to me. I don't have any idea how broadband works. Lee, you should write a book! So, if the folks I am connected to have a great connection, the servers aren't overloaded, and the solar syatem is aligned I should creep up to 10 kbps or so, right? I'd love to get up to 50+. I hate to even bring this up. Please advise, or help a newbie understand. Thanks for your time and endless patience. I have a PC, Win XP, 2wire router, Yahoo DSL service, and I can't think of anything else. Thanks...