Always do a speed check when your wireless is disabled and you have an ethernet connection to your router which in turn is on your primary socket. I'm on a wireless connection at the moment and have an effective download speed of 5.5Mb whereas the figure is 7.5Mb for a wired connection. There is about 3 feet of sandstone between me and the router so I can't complain. Not bad for a BT Hub version 1.0