I also live in derby, and using this site's speedtest I get:
Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:41:07 GMT
1st 512K took 1219 ms = 420 KB/sec, approx 3192 Kbps, 3.1 Mbps
2nd 512K took 1312 ms = 390.2 KB/sec, approx 2966 Kbps, 2.9 Mbps
3rd 512K took 4375 ms = 117 KB/sec, approx 889 Kbps, 0.9 Mbps
4th 512K took 1187 ms = 431.3 KB/sec, approx 3278 Kbps, 3.2 Mbps
Overall Average Speed = approx 2581 Kbps, 2.53 Mbps
However using
http://www.irishisptest.com/myspeed/ I get:
Still not brilliant but bearable.