I have noticed that at certain times, weekdays, the response times slow down. At the moment, in the early evening period 7pm-10pm local time [ 1pm- 4pm EST, 7am-10am NZ ] response is so slow as to make reading various ECN forums or other sites impractical. Is this down to the increasing popularity of broadband [ADSL] services here and all the kids on-line plagiarising their homework? [Linked Image]

I have been told that broadband speeds are limited by the length and quality of the telephone line between the user's computer and the exchange, and that if you reside more than half a mile from the exchange there is no point in buying more than a 1 Mbps contract. Since I must be at least 3 miles from the nearest pop centre and the line coming down my lane appears to be held together with gobs of duck-tape, I'll stick with my 1.2Mbps contract for now- unless the above advise is not correct? Any other opinions?

Alan

Wood work but can't!