is there any program , or site telling me how well my connection to a dsl is configured. anyway to make it run faster?

You could try this for speed test
http://bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/

And you could try this for improvements on broadband modems!
www.speedguide.net

Try having a look a dslreports.com (http://www.dslreports.com). They have all the information that you need there. Of course I had a look at your profile so I know that you are located in the states. lorttom's links are very good also. :)

If you use http://www.dslreports.com/tweak it will take you right to the test. Sometimes finding this in the cluster of stuff on the site can be rough.

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