Hi all,

I live in Ohoka, North Canterbury - semi rural and for the last couple of months our adsl speed has dropped from about 4pm till late evening. During the day its fine (around 1.5Mbps) given that we only get adsl. I've used about a 5th of our cap.

Download speeds from 4pm range from 0.02 - 0.5Mbps and upload speeds around the 0.5Mbps mark. I used the telecom speed test.

I called Telecom support and he checked our line and had me reset the modem, change filters etc. He thinks there must be a fault with our wiring. I'm pretty sure its because there are more people connecting from 4pm because its fine during the day. I'm further convinced of this because a relative has moved down the road and is experiencing this same slow down from 4pm. He's logged daily the slow speeds and it really is this slow everyday from 4pm!

So, (sorry for the long story) how long can this go on for before telecom will do anything? 

I realise that there are factors for speeds slowing down or fluctuating, but this seems ridiculous. Is there a way to find out how many connections there are to our exchange and whether telecom have 'oversold' capacity?

Your thoughts, comments and suggestions very much appreciated!

Shane