[jcw00]

I have run 3 tests from both speedtest.net and Paul Marsden and taken the average from each. Here are my results:

Time – speedtest – Paul Marsden
10am – 17.27Mbps – 17.21Mbps
11am – 16.18Mbps – 15.23Mbps
12pm – 16.18Mbps – 15.47Mbps
2pm – 11.16Mbps – 5.42Mbps
3pm – 3.30Mbps – 10.46Mbps
4pm – 8.91Mbps – 4.61Mbps
Following the tests at 4pm, I downloaded over 3Gb, so that traffic shaping would kick in.
5pm – 4.52Mbps – 3.21Mbps (Being Shaped)
6pm – 3.70Mbps – 2.11Mbps (Being Shaped)
7pm – 3.77Mbps – 1.17Mbps (Being Shaped)
8pm – 3.80Mbps – 2.37Mbps (Being Shaped)
Shaping now turned off (I used speedtest.net to confirm when shaping was being applied, as the upload speeds reduced from 768k to 256k)
9pm – 5.86Mbps – 2.87Mbps
10pm – 2.18Mbps – 1.42Mbps – VERY POOR for 20Mbps connection not being shaped !!!

Interestingly there are major differences between the two speed test sites from 2pm onwards.

Although most kids are now on summer holidays, it would appear that afternoon and evening browsing is much slower than before 3pm. More testing would be needed to confirm this though.