Very interesting - a company that deals with ISP's all round the world
has stated that telecom is the slowest in the world .
 I expect this is partly due to their poor upload speed of 128.
 I don't get this upload speed limit-
 why don't they increase it to 512 -
 surely this would be easy and it would solve many probs.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/3905450a4560.html

It's love in the slow lane - thanks to Telecom
You've heard of speed dating. 
In New Zealand it's conducted in the slow lane, 
according to a British Internet dating executive.


But it's not because we're too conservative to sign up, 
or because we're suffering a man drought.

It's because New Zealand has the slowest Internet 
connections in the world, 
Dating Association chairman Robert Fathers says.

The British Internet dating executive has complained 
to Telecom NZ that many of his association's member 
websites were losing millions each month because of slow connections.

Telecom "stands out a mile as the clear winner of the 
worst Internet provider in the world", Mr Fathers said.

Costly 2Mbit connections were delivering actual Internet 
speeds equivalent to a 28k modem, and contacting customer
support was "like disappearing into a black hole".

Telecom spokesman Nick Brown said it was working with 
Mr Fathers to deal with his concerns.