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