Quote: Originally Posted by
Dwarf 
It is interesting to note that my actual connection from the telephone exchange to my router is constant at ~4500(+/- 100)Kb/sec down and ~450(+/-50)Kb/sec up. I also don't have any problems in accessing the configuration data on my router.
Thats the odd part. Normally, because of noise, it's the box to the house (small wires) or the inhouse box to the appartment/condo connections that causes the problems; thus, the need for fatter cooper and/or fiber... but, in your case, it seems there's absolutely nothing you can do. Box to the house is maxed out. Its from the box to the tel co that's the problem.
I'm actually shocked this is European DSL. One of my best online friends, whom I've known for ~10 years (my wife and I visited a year ago) is in Germany. He gets ~30MB/s dl... what's shocking is that he pays less for his 30MB line than I do for my 3MB/s line.
... **** it... i'm moving in with you. i'll let the wife know later. she's in canada at the moment, so how much can she really care? pm me your addy baby... we got lots o crap to store!