Doesn't help that they apparently shape or limit speeds it seems. Not an unheard of issue although they usually blame it network issues at the users end. I'm only getting 2.4Mbps and it's basically flat lined there.

Locally my connection is capable of download at about 13Mbps (ADSL2) using Speedtest.net

Whilst I am in Australia my backup location is in the US. Looking at my firewall shows the restore is coming from an IP in Edinburg, Texas. Selecting a Speedtest.net server in Edinburg Texas gives me around 7-8Mbps. So 2.4Mbps when I probably should be capable of 3 or 4 times that is not very good either.

Last resort is I create a new PC and adopt the old one so the files just look as if they've disappeared.