In article <4ccc155e0512281224n452aeaa8pe8a3967452abdb5b@mail.gmail.com>,
Rick McCombs  <rick.mccombs@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 12/28/05, Mike M. Volokhov <mishka@intostroy.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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.

I get 2.0 - 2.9 Kbytes with my:

com0 at pcmcia0 function 1: <3Com Corporation, 3C562D/3C563D, EtherLink III, LAN+Modem PC Card>

I see frequent stalls too, but the average transmission rate seems fine.
I do set my mtu to 296 (since I am not using ipv6).

christos