dial up downloading faster than DSL line

[Glen Lee Edwards <glenlee perluser net>]

Can anyone explain to me why we're getting faster download on our dial up
connection with a 56k modem than with 256k DSL?  I'm running a Linux box
as the Internet gateway for the LAN - RH 6.1.  Download is so slow that I
finally decided to bypass the LAN with one of the Windows boxes, and I'm
getting faster download to it with the dial up account than I am through
the Linux gateway with is tied directly to the Cisco 675 router.

Glen