terrible speeds tonight ???
I've been reading the various thread on TBB and it seems to point towards a BT capacity issue.
Although we treat the link between your router and PN as a single hop, it actually passes over BT's national ATM network to arrive at Plusnet's gateways.
From what incidental information that seems to be available, it looks like there was a capacity issue between Edinburgh and "Further South (tm)". Edinburgh acts as one of the regional aggregation points for the BT network, particularly servicing Scotland (although the very north of England is also included). Clicky shows a nice picture.
As the issue seems to be on BT's network, it would have affected all ISP's that aren't LLU'ed, (although I suppose if there are LLU operators that purchase backhaul from BT across their network, then they could have been affected too)
I doubt BT will ever acknowledge the problem, but we can live in hope
B.
Although we treat the link between your router and PN as a single hop, it actually passes over BT's national ATM network to arrive at Plusnet's gateways.
From what incidental information that seems to be available, it looks like there was a capacity issue between Edinburgh and "Further South (tm)". Edinburgh acts as one of the regional aggregation points for the BT network, particularly servicing Scotland (although the very north of England is also included). Clicky shows a nice picture.
As the issue seems to be on BT's network, it would have affected all ISP's that aren't LLU'ed, (although I suppose if there are LLU operators that purchase backhaul from BT across their network, then they could have been affected too)
I doubt BT will ever acknowledge the problem, but we can live in hope
B.
Who knows which mine gets passed through, I'm directly (more or less) in the middle of Glasgow and Edinburgh 
Thanks everyone for the information. I'm not a user of any of the other forums, so don't tend to see any information on faults anywhere other than here.
Thanks everyone for the information. I'm not a user of any of the other forums, so don't tend to see any information on faults anywhere other than here.