[joglynne]

I will probably live to regret saying this but I am in South Manchester, on the Baguley server, and have not ..touch wood... had any significant drop in my download speeds since having suffered really bad speeds for several months last year.

If it's any consolation it's my understanding, from reading other threads in the past, that once the 50MB roll out happens on an over subscribed UBR then the lower tiers that are experiencing over subscription should normally notice an improvement to their service.

I know that this isn't much help at the moment but there is always the option to downgrade and save least some money whilst VM get their act together.