Well, they call that 16kbps broadband coz they are using the broad band capability. This can be easily upgraded to much higher provided you pay them more. If you are subscribing to any speed ask them about your upload and download speed. Upload is usually 1/4th of your download. Well, some provide you the cumulative speed that the total will not exceed your subscription. Its a trend in Nepal to put less paid clients to poor quality of service. Well I am not aware of all the worldlink packages but I know much about Subisu. I had subscribed for 512kbps down and 256kbps up with subisu. Most of the time I got 90% of these committed bandwidth. Well, it was an optical fibre connection and was quite expensive. Afterall, it was 99% reliable. Or you can opt for RF cable connection like cox in US. Right now in US I am subscribed with 8mbps download and 2mbps upload. However, I get about 50% of it. And gurudev, 24 mb downlaod may be possible when you downloading your contents from your local ISP. You wont be getting that speed when downloading some stuffs from outside your ISP if they haven't mirrored the contents at their site.