Currently have 2 Mbs speed for my broadband in Portsmouth. Recently tried to upgrade the speed to 8 Mbs Informed after a couple of weeks that this was not possible, then a phone call from Tiscali to say my request had been escalated. However this was quite a few weeks ago and no further contact from Tiscali.

Is anyone in Portsmouth reading this who gets a higher than 2Mbs connection?

There will be many people in portmouth getting more
than 2mb adsl , its not down to what city/town you are
in but how far away from your local exchange you are....
put your postcode or tele number into isps (potential)
speed checker to get an idea for the max adsl speed
will be in your area ( its only a rough guide, many times the
actual speed will be greater)