My servers tend to crap out at about 7 mbps sustained...For example, a page with an approx size of 120k takes about 3 to 5 seconds to download when my server is pumping out anywhere up to 6.4 mbps. As soon as it goes above that threshold, everything goes to shit. At 6.8 mbps, download time increases to about 17 seconds. Over 7 mbps, it can get as bad as 30 seconds.
For servers, I use Pentium 1000's with 512 mb ram and 60 gig hard drives. Hope that helps.
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