alkatraz
Fortunately I know my arse from my elbow so have tried the whole 'use different hardware' thing. The problem was that the ADSL link came up but I couldn't log in (Windows RAS error 721: the remote computer did not respond). The ADSL link had speeds of 8192 down, 644 up (kbps).
I reckon I'm on the Tiscali LLU, cos my exchange has been fitted with this.
At 15:52 on 30/06/06, Plusnet got my connection working! Fantastic, thanks Plusnet! My link's at 192 down, 288 up (kbps). Odd to see this combination of speeds, but I ain't knocking it because it works!!
I shall give the 0906 number a miss (see above!).
Hopefully they'll ramp the speed up now.
osKernel