why is my actual line speed different than the router's

my router is a huawei echolife hg521
here are the stats:
Upstream line rate (kbit/s) 448
Downstream line rate (kbit/s) 16693
Line standard ADSL2+
Channel type Interleaved
Upstream SNR (dB) 28.8
Downstream SNR (dB) 12.2
Upstream line attenuation (dB) 9.5
Downstream line attenuation (dB) 15.5
Upstream output power (dBmV) 9.9
Downstream output power (dBmV) 13.7
Upstream CRC 0
Downstream CRC 199
Upstream FEC 0
Downstream FEC 5384
my provider is aol but they use talk talk for some reason
i live in abergavenny south east wales
my problem is that my line isn't anywhere near the 16693 in the stats more like 9-10 mmaxing at 11 thousand (speedtest.net) on average and now staying somewhere near 8 thousand witth 350 up, the max speed adsl checker says even that's slow saying something like 22000
i'm wired into the router by a cable that says t568b on it our package is unlimited but i can't remember what speed
why is my connection so slow and how can i speed it up, thanks

Are you the only person using this link ?
What do those stats look like if you connect the router directly in to the 'hidden' test jack on the main BT socket ?

same and no, no one else is using the line (as far as i know, the wireless does have a 5o something character password)
ohh by the way my name is Dylan

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

...my provider is aol but they use talk talk for some reason...

AOL are TalkTalk
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/isp/aol.html

So maybe we are looking at ISP congestion ?? There is an ISP specific forum further down the page, worth getting a username and asking fellow users of the same ISP.

also to clarify my exchange only upgraded quite recently to ADsl2+ (within the last month)

hope it's not the isp because i can't change it ( mother locked into contract) any other suggestions

also i just refreshed the page and all the figures are different but is still registering same high download
DSL synchronization status Up
DSL up time 00:03:24
Upstream line rate (kbit/s) 448
Downstream line rate (kbit/s) 16666
Line standard ADSL2+
Channel type Interleaved
Upstream SNR (dB) 29.1
Downstream SNR (dB) 12.4
Upstream line attenuation (dB) 9.5
Downstream line attenuation (dB) 15.5
Upstream output power (dBmV) 9.7
Downstream output power (dBmV) 13.8
Upstream CRC 0
Downstream CRC 3
Upstream FEC 0
Downstream FEC 118

network reset due to removing face plate so i don't think it can be network crouding as it should show up in the settings, shouldn't it?

Please see if this BT speed tester runs for you, and if it does copy and paste the results as far down as the end of the upstream figures .

If it runs, you will see an IP Profile on the results page, about 88.3% of the connection speed. The IP Profile is the most you can get actual download .

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Please see if this BT speed tester runs for you, and if it does copy and paste the results as far down as the end of the upstream figures .

If it runs, you will see an IP Profile on the results page, about 88.3% of the connection speed. The IP Profile is the most you can get actual download .

i just get an error says my phone number is wrong for some reason