My router is reporting 2272kbps downstream and 288 upstream.

That's a good idea putting those stats because I think you are on a fixed 2mb line so it will never go over 2.

I would have thought the above stats were fairly meaningless without some indication as to the area to which they refer?

Is there any chance a mass internal message can be sent to members of this forum to participate in said poll(s), not only does such info shed more light to the extent of the service Orange is providing but it also give indication of the possible speeds potential Orange users might achieve- at the moment poll shows the majority speeds are abysmal...