An American depositary receipt (ADR, and sometimes spelled depository) is a negotiable security that represents securities of a non-U.S. company that trades in the U.S. financial markets. Shares of many non-U.S. companies trade on U.S. stock exchanges through ADRs, which are denominated and pay dividends in U.S. dollars and may be traded like regular shares of stock.
At 57 Mb/s, the download speed was great; however, the upload speed was a mere 0.17 Mb/s, which is pretty much unusable. In fact, I had to re-run the test several times, as occasionally, the upload portion of the test would get stuck and never complete.
08-25-2011 09:32 PM #8. Upload is not a huge concern with broadband connections, even business class broadband. I have 20 down and 5 up (i really get 5 up which is impressive) but of course, the DSL home office is within walking distance. Distance to home office is the biggest determinant factor in upload speeds.