TJ - that was the test site I used. Agreed on the copper wires.
AC - not yet 'LLU' and my 'up' is actually higher than my 'down' at the moment although with today's improvement in BRAS I am more optimistic.
We really are 'behind' in the UK - my wires are BELOW the new BT access pit and date from the 50's. It would be nice if I could persuade BT to rewire me and have my cables inside their pit instead of grobbling around in the subsoil below.......