Checked my broadband connection today…Freaked out when I saw the line speed was 576k!!
Did a bit of digging around and came up with this:-
Results for exchange: Bradwell Abbey
Congestion
Congestion status on this exchange is
AMBER.
Your telephone line has been identified as being on a congested exchange. If you are receiving varying speeds between 400kbs - 2000kbs at different times of the day this is likely to be a result of the congestion issue.
A provisional date of Aug 4, 2006 has been set for upgrading this exchange.
Major Service Outages
There is currently an Active BT service outage affecting your ADSL connection
This service outage started on at and BT expect it to be cleared by at
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Dialling codes affected:
Could be the reason that me and Soop are getting fluctuating broadband speeds. Roll on the 4 August!

2 comments ↓
blimey!
Back to dial up soon for you noobs!
I’ll wait to see then, ta matey.
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