I will give them a ring tomorrow. Thanks guys.
@moldova: Yes I live about 500 yards from the uni although not many students live nearby as there aren't any rental properties about. most of the students live about half a mile away either towards the town centre or near the MOD base.
Would students there still cause me issues? Not had any problems over the last few years.
The timeouts on the pings are a concern. Is Stafford massively oversubscribed?
Anyway, will ring tomorrow. Thanks again
---------- Post added at 21:04 ---------- Previous post was at 20:59 ----------
For comparison: 9pm Saturday
C:\Documents and Settings\XXXXX>ping
www.ntlworld.com -t
Pinging
www.ntlworld.com [212.250.162.12] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 212.250.162.12: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.12: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.12: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.12: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.12: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.12: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.12: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.12: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.12: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.12: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=121
Will do another one late late