It's ok for browsing, downloads over 100 MB are gonna be a pain in the ass though, it's going to take really long. Streaming will also be crap since you might have to pause for a few seconds on youtube for example to wait for it to buffer a bit before watching.
Ok, I have a good connection of about 6mbps but the provider is going through some kind of maintenance so i'm stuck with 512kbps until they're done. Thanks
Actually he can download, just go do something else while it's downloading, should take about 30 - 40 mins. Leave it to download and go watch some TV or read something on the internet.
if it's 512 kilobytes/second then thats the average speed where i'm from, and there's nothing too bad about it.
however if it's 512 kiloBITS/second, then that's equal to 64 kilobytes - which is slow as f*ck balls