I'm aware it's 4:25am, firstly (Excused since it's new year).
I returned home and went to check something on the PS3 before bed, and found something had corrupted it. Luckily all my data is still there so I got off scott-free. Had to put in various details and information again (credit card, internet settings, PSN login info, some XMB options...) and that was all fine too. (*insert sigh of relief*)
I then decided to run an internet speed test on the PS3 with the built in speed test that shows when you test your connection, to see if that was still fine too. I was previously getting speeds of 3.7 Mbps download, and an upload speed somewhere around 380 kbps (think I last checked a couple of weeks ago). I'm now getting speeds of 4.8 Mbps download, and 810 kbps upload
(same speeds on both my laptop and the PS3)
So basically I return home, check the PS3, see something on it got corrupted and made me reset some things, feel relief when everything is still there, and then discover that my internet speeds have increased very recently without my knowledge.
Happy New Year