Up to 8Mb
I recently gave in to one of those offers for a free upgrade from a 2Mb ADSL connection to an 'up to 8Mb' connection.
Unimpressed is an understatement. I used to get consistently good data rates on the 2Mb connection, but now, sometimes I would be better with a 28Kb dial-up. I have waited a month or so for it to settle down, but for me at least, I feel I have ended up worse off than before. The fastest I have seen is 3.5Mb, so it has got the legs, but more often than not during the evenings, it slows right down to a modem like crawl.
Maybe it is 'up to 8Mb' but more often than not it is substantially 'below 2Mb'
I'd like to go back to my old connection if I could, as I was very happy with its reliability. Does anyone else have a similar experience, or is 'up to 8Mb' more normally a good thing?