Snow Slowness?

[#1]

Date of Speed Test:  2010-01-06 18:55:05
Download Speed: 126 kbps (15.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 90 kbps (11.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/results.php?t=1262804105&v=8872991
Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 440 / 1,529

Tracing route to ispreview.co.uk [87.106.143.49]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
  1     9 ms    99 ms    99 ms  192.168.1.254
  2    34 ms    35 ms    35 ms  lo0-plusnet.pcl-ag04.plus.net [195.166.128.134]
  3    35 ms     *       52 ms  gi1-6-604.pcl-gw02.plus.net [84.92.0.229]
  4    37 ms    37 ms    35 ms  te2-2.thn-gw2.plus.net [212.159.0.190]
  5    34 ms    35 ms    35 ms  vl23.pte-gw2.plus.net [212.159.4.28]
  6    35 ms    35 ms    37 ms  linx.bb-c.the.lon.gb.oneandone.net [195.66.224.9
8]
  7    50 ms    48 ms    49 ms  te-1-3.bb-c.bap.rhr.de.oneandone.net [212.227.12
0.49]
  8    50 ms   222 ms   208 ms  ae-10.gw-distp-a.bad.oneandone.net [212.227.121.
165]
  9    49 ms    49 ms    48 ms  ae-1.gw-prtr-r221-a.bad.oneandone.net [195.20.24
7.47]
 10    49 ms    48 ms    50 ms  s259026431.websitehome.co.uk [87.106.143.49]
Trace complete.

[#2]

Probably all the people at home, bogging up the lines, I normally hold at least 6000, today 4500

[#3]

Yep seeing slower speeds as well, not as bad as the orignal posts though.

[#4]

Changed gateway. Better now:
Last Result:
Download Speed: 1211 kbps (151.4 KB/sec )  Upload Speed: 214 kbps (26.8 KB/sec )

  1    96 ms    99 ms    99 ms  192.168.1.254
  2    34 ms    33 ms    32 ms  lo0.plusnet.thn-ag2.plus.net [195.166.128.93]
  3    92 ms    95 ms   127 ms  vl604.thn-gw1.plus.net [84.92.4.169]
  4    34 ms    33 ms    32 ms  te2-3.thn-gw2.plus.net [212.159.1.58]
  5   172 ms   147 ms    33 ms  rt0.thdo.bbc.co.uk [212.58.239.25]
  6    31 ms    33 ms    33 ms  212.58.238.149
  7    33 ms    32 ms    31 ms  virtual-vip.thdo.bbc.co.uk [212.58.224.138]

[#5]

reported on our local radio today.  the BBC main servers have had a major hicup today, it affected all their services, news, sports, local info.  so perhaps you should try a different ping