It never was ultra fast for me, I even had a Telecom guy come in (at Xnet's request) to check the line speed here at our house in Northcote/AKL about a year and a half ago. He found an issue with some wiring and fixed it. 3 times faster. (my old posts on this is here: http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?ForumId=65&TopicId=22941&page_no=2)
I just ran a speed test tonight as most sites have been becoming terribly slow since Dec. I got a paltry 0.7 down and 0.23 up at 10pm. This used to be more like 2-3 down and 0.7 up.
I'm running a Lynksys AM300 + Lynksys WRP-400. The same gear I've always run. Around 18 months old now. I guess the hardware hasn't had much of a break in that time. My PC is hard wired to the router and no other devices are currently online.
Stats from the modem:
DSL Status: UP
DSL Modulation Mode: Auto
DSL Path Mode: INTERLEAVED
Downstream Rate: 1169 Kbps
Upstream Rate: 533 Kbps
Downstream Margin: 15 db
Upstream Margin: 13 db
Downstream Line Attenuation: 38
Upstream Line Attenuation: 29
Downstream Transmit Power: 21
Upstream Transmit Power: 12
LOS Errors: 0
Upstream rate is on par with what it used to be. Downsteam is about 8x slower.
Is anyone in the Northcote/Birkenhead area experiencing speed issues?
Aaron