UK Bob,

Thanks so much for the pointers, unfortunately I am at work now but I will try your suggestions when I get home tonight - I was beginning to suspect that the issue was more with the modem/router than anything else. All my other Internet connections/speeds seem fine.

You are correct when you mention the "brickwall in front of the globe". However I'm fairly sure that was there on my old set-up also? Dunno really, could just be imagining it now.

Really!? Wow, I had no idea! Suppose I should stop moaning about that then! I honestly thought that it was a very average download speed - this is where the 'Slightly Dozy PC User' part of the message title applies

And apologies for the confusion - what I meant by "Broadband" here in Thailand meaning 'Broadband' was just my little jibe at the service levels here. When I first subscribed I was getting speeds slower than a dial-up modem and it took several months for me to convince the service centre there was something wrong and then another month for them to actually do something about it (all the while paying full price for 'Broadband' of course). And not too mention the intermittent service itself (always up and down and the standard response being: 'We're working on it')

Anyways, thanks again and sorry for the ramble/moan. I'll try sorting the modem and let you know if I get any improvement.

Cheers,

Ant