cyril7: Hi, two things I have noted in your current modem stats, firstly its a Vodafone Echolife modem, and two its still stuck on 7.6Mb/s. This seems to be a well known issue and had I known the modem was the model it is I would have mentioned it.
There is a firmware upgrade on the Voda site, put that in and you should see a significant speed increase.
https://help.vodafone.co.nz/app/answers/detail/a_id/9063
Cyril
Thanks, i checked out the firmware and it was the same version as the one listed on the site.
Based on the idea that the modem might also be at fault, i purchased a cheap TP-Link modem from PB Tech today to test. So far the speeds of download are much better.
I also was able to test using a friends TCL username and password and can get nearly 800kbps upload now and around 20mbps down.
Just need to wait till my DSL connection is updated and I should be good to go!