Speeding down?

I've just tried the Gadget Show Broadband speed test for the first time. It's presumably based on the tests I've used before and has come out with about the same figures... 1948kbps download speed on what is promised to be an "up to 8Mb" Broadband line (BT). We're falling a little short somehow... But then, it's always been pretty much fast enough for me so should I complain? I suppose, having not achieved 8Mb, I don't really know what we're missing out on! Perhaps I could be getting a whole new internet experience? But then, you've gotta consider those who're still on dial-up (poor, deprived sods) who wouldn't be able to keep up if the whole WWW went increasingly faster... Oh, hang on, it already does! (Besides, my mobile phone goes faster than dial-up - come on slow people, get with the ever-changing technological age!)

Of course, there are those who don't even own a PC (or Mac) yet and haven't even started online... Won't they be a little perturbed when they join the race only to find things flying at speeds their brain can't follow!? Isn't it simply the same as the first time I played Sonic the Hedgehog and couldn't process the game fast enough in my head to keep up with the action? I was watching my younger half-brother-in-law playing a racing game recently, so laid back he was, shooting through the fictitious streets of god-knows-where-City and yet I could barely comprehend the split second decision making he was obvious capable of blindfold.

Forget dial-up - that's prehistoric! I'm behind the times enough myself. Even the new-build PC is dated. It's only running off a dual-core processor. That's so last month! Quad-cores are all the rage now!

Will we ever keep up? Jxx