I'm in eastern Canada and I have a 50/30 megabit/sec fibre op connection (@ 6 megabytes down, 3.5 up)
Of the filehosts Palo mentions as well as a few others, here's what I note:
Putlocker - 1+ megabytes/sec, no wait time, simultaneous downloads no capcha
Depositfiles - 150 kb/sec, 60 sec wait, 30-45 minutes between downloads Capcha code req'd
Netload - @ 20 kb/s, capcha req'd, I avoid it
Rapidgator - 150 kb/sec, about 15 minute wait, capchar req'd can only download 3 files day regardless os size
FileFactory - 150 kb/sec 15-30 min wait between DL's
Fly Files (not permitted here) - usually 20 kb/sec. sometimes faster, no capcha, usually no wait time
Uploaded.net - 50 kb/sec, capcha req'd, 3 hours between DL's
Mediafire - up to 500 kb/sec, no wait between DL's, occasionally requires a capcha
Hotfile - 15 sec wait, no capcha, 30 min between DL's, 250 kb/s steady, occadionally up to 350 kb/s
I much prefer the 'no capcha' hosts as I can just queue those up in Jdownloader and leave them till they're done.