family in the same area and all of them report that their browsing and downloads are impossible. I can barely load some sites up at the minute, even checking mail is like being back on dial up. This is in the BT18 area in case anyone is wondering. I can't find any server status pages as it refuses to load Virgin's site when it goes crazy like this. I am getting horrendous speeds at the moment. Speedtest.net is giving me 254kbps!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's half the speed of my upload! As of March 2nd. Cheers ntl I'm getting 1/40th of the bandwidth I'm paying for! I'm just confused, each time I call technical support I am told something different.. problem in the area, problem with my connection, then my connection is fine, then a problem was in the area but its been fixed. All this time the problem has not changed all week, and I'm connected wirelessly so I'm not sure if the fault is with the wireless or my cable modem! I'm just confused, each time I call technical support I am told something different.. problem in the area, problem with my connection, then my connection is fine, then a problem was in the area but its been fixed. All this time the problem has not changed all week, and I'm connected wirelessly so I'm not sure if the fault is with the wireless or my cable modem! Well I'm connected straight to the modem (Watford WD3) and it's aweful. I'm