In reply to a post by Ignitionnet:

It's not the FTTP that makes me jealous. I'm jealous of anyone who has better than I do, which is 99% of the UK

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3031469961

I had a reminder of just how slow a connection like that is today for about 2 hours we had speeds like this, very strange. Interleaving kicked in and download speeds return to near normal, with no change on upload which remained normal all the time.

Hi,

Just to make people aware.

We've been advised by a friendly ISP that they believe the problem is due to a lack of backhaul capacity within the Exchange SMBA. That's slightly hilarious considering SMBA is a BT UK core node.

The suggestion from the ISP is that BT have removed addresses to ensure end users can't order.

They reckon the issue should be resolved in the next few weeks. It appears to impact a significant number of properties in the trial area.

Regards,

Gareth