On 12/28/05, Mike M. Volokhov <mishka@intostroy.com> wrote:
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> Also, you may wish to run "pppstats -w 1" to see real-time ppp
> statistics. A traceroute(8) and ping(8) utilities might be also helpful
> to find narrowings.

pings and traceroutes seem about normal.
File transfers stall frequently and never reach 0.9 K bytes.
It's like watching grass grow.