Uplink Port Question
 

Whats the point in having a 100mbps or 1000mbps uplink port on a 10mbps server?

Kinda makes you wonder but hey... makes great marketing copy, right?

If you have a 10Mbps unmetered server your uplink is 10Mbps as well.
If you have 10Mbps of bandwidth but you are on a 100 Mbps or 1000 Mbps uplink you have a metered bandwidth allotment, meaning you pay for 10 Mbps of usage but you can peak up to the port capacity (assuming the port is not capped).

Just because you have a 10 Mbps un-metered server does not necessarily mean that you only have a 10 Mbps up-link, there are multiple ways of controlling the BW available to a server other than just its up-link.

Having the larger port connections may indicate more modern network gear but other than that I don't know that there is any real benefit.

The real benefit is the ability to increase bandwidth usage without having to move. If you get a Quadcore server with 10 MBPS on a 10MBPS uplink port you are kind of screwed if you get a hun listing (even today the hun can still deliver some traffic) or if you grow and need more capacity. If you are on a newer switch with 10/100/1000 mbps uplink ability then your host has greater control and flexibility in how they can serve you as they can increase your capacity on the fly by changing settings to cap you at a higher level or charge you based on a metered usage method.

like anyone uses 10Mbps switches anymore :)

every provider will set the port speed of a 100Mbps port to 10Mbps full duplex

Are you guys saying that my 56kpbs port is outdated?

If its a 10Mbps UNMETERED servers (thus capped), then you cannot pick a different port speed as you wont be "UNMETERED" anymore.