Broadband slowing to a crawl in the evening

Question

Looking through the posts on this board, my situation is not as bad as what others are experiencing, but frustrating nonetheless. I get very decent speeds at night and during the day, but lately it's become impossible to watch the BBC iPlayer in the evening, even in low resolution (nevermind HD). I'm on broadband Option 3, by the way.
Here's what speedtest told me just now:
 Download speedachieved during the test was - 1544 Kbps
 For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 600-7150 Kbps.
 Additional Information:
 Your DSL Connection Rate :8128 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
 IP Profile for your line is - 7150 Kbps
 I've seen even lower evening download speeds (<1000), while I will easily get 5 or 6000 outside of peak hours. I realise I won't get the same speeds round the clock, but I'd really want to at least be able to use the iPlayer...

Answer 1

VP = Virtual Path (Allows BT to have more control over traffic aka. Number of users sharing allocated bandwidth) Look at: http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/equip.htm
RAS = Remote Access Server (Basically where your Internet traffic is routed too after its journey to the exchange and through its backhaul)
As stated above, both or one of these could be overloaded or a problem so they may direct you to another one.
Hope this helps
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