upload speeds - ftp

[Bret Stern]

Does anybody have any tips for increasing upload
speeds?

Perhaps sending the file a different way.

I periodically send a zipped 500mb file to my ftp host.
(data sent to my server from a dsl client/customer)

I have Comcast cable, and host an ftp server on my
network. The host is behind an inexpensive router,
which is port forwarded to my ftp host.

The ftp host is a Dell 2450 with dual 1.2 processors,
2-gb ram routed through a Cisco 2900XL 10/100 switch.

I'm getting about 38 - 40 kb upload speed to my
host.

B Stern