> Yes I have...and I've included a bit of padding in my 
> numbers, too.  I get results quite constantly in the range of 
> 8000 kbps down and 700 kbps up.

That may well be your problem there. You say you should be getting speeds of
8000/700, yet your pipe sizes are only 5120/512. It stands to reason that
your overall throughput will drop - you're telling m0n0 to only use about
2/3 of your available pipe.

Regards,

Chris
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C.M. Bagnall, Director, Minotaur I.T. Limited
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