Slow broadband after a line fault

Question

Hi,
I recently returned from a week's holiday and found my broadband was dropping out almost every few minutes and was incredibly slow. I also had no dialling tone on my home phone line.
An Openreach engineer called this morning and found that a very old extension wire running through the house was causing the problem. He disconnected the troublesome wire, and now I have a good phone line and a stable broadband connection (connected for over 3 hrs without a problem).
However, the broadband is still very, very slow - the downstream is only 239kbps.
I have very little knowledge about broadband technology, but after a few hours researching I seem to have reached the conclusion that the reason for this is the connection kept dropping out whilst I was away on holiday. This has caused my IP profile to be set at 135kbps (determined by using the BT speed checker). A lot of the forums say that the IP profile will return to normal once the line has been stable for 3-10 days.
So, I guess I'm just looking for some reassurance that after a few days the line will return to normal.
If anyone can set my mind at rest, I'd be most grateful.
Phil
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Answer 1

Here are stats from hub:
DSL Connection
Link Information
Uptime:
0 days, 3:57:27
Modulation:
G.992.3 annex A
Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]:
444 / 239
Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [MB/MB]:
11.31 / 29.76
Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]:
12.5 / 0.0
Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]:
26.5 / 47.5
SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]:
27.5 / 31.5
Vendor ID (Local/Remote):
TMMB / IFTN
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
Loss of Link (Remote):
0
Error Seconds (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
FEC Errors (Up/Down):
0 / 86
CRC Errors (Up/Down):
0 / 0
HEC Errors (Up/Down):
0 / 0
Line Profile:
Fast
And from BT Speed tester:
Test1 comprises of two tests
1. Best Effort Test: -provides background information.
Download Speed
58 Kbps
0 Kbps
250 Kbps
Max Achievable Speed
 Download speedachieved during the test was - 58 Kbps
 For your connection, the acceptable range of speedsis 100-250 Kbps.
 Additional Information:
 Your DSL Connection Rate :239 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 444 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
 IP Profile for your line is - 135 Kbps
The throughput of Best Efforts (BE) classes achieved during the test is - 24.53:21.32:54.15 (SBE:NBEBE)
These figures represent the ratio while sententiously passing Sub BE, Normal BE and Priority BE marked traffic.
The results of this test will vary depending on the way your ISP has decided to use these traffic classes.
2. Upstream Test: -provides background information.
Upload Speed
258 Kbps
0 Kbps
444 Kbps
Max Achievable Speed
>Upload speed achieved during the test was - 258 Kbps
 Additional Information:
 Upstream Rate IP profile on your line is - 444 Kbps
Thanks.