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\nMore than likely you\u2019re probably using a router right now that you\u2019ve possessed for a very long time. As routers age, they no longer correspond to the speeds that your service provider gives you. When the processor inside the router starts overheating, speeds get drastically slower. You\u2019ll know this is happening to you if you get fast speeds after turning the router off for a few hours. But sometimes routers simply start failing without any other symptoms except a consistent slow speed. Call your ISP for a new router if they provided you with the one you have. If you can find a spare router, test your speed on it. Perhaps it\u2019s time you considered getting new network hardware. I, for one, replace my network gear at least every 3 to 4 years to stay on top of technology.<\/p>\n
2. Congestion At Your Local ISP Router Hurts Your Speed<\/strong> 3. The ISP Infrastructure Is Taking A Heavy Load, For Now<\/strong> 4. Throttling Pulled The Trigger On You<\/strong> 5. Your ISP Gives You Higher Speeds For National Downloads<\/strong> Conclusion<\/strong> Have a great week! Chances are you\u2019re concerned whether or not your Internet connection is really as fast as your service provider said it would be. And we know Second Life needs bandwidth. There\u2019s a lot of controversy going around about this, usually in the form of people who believe they may have been cheated by the company. While … Continue reading
\nYour Internet service provider (ISP) has several routers set up along different neighborhoods. Your local router is shared with all of your neighbors. If too many of you are trying to download at high speeds all at the same time, you may experience slight cuts to your line\u2019s performance. This is natural, and simply demonstrates that your ISP doesn\u2019t have enough local routers to competently route all of your signals. In this case, you either gather up your neighbors and get them to join you in petitioning the company, or you simply switch over to an ISP that fewer people in your neighborhood are using. However, take note that problems probably aren\u2019t just local.<\/p>\n
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\nDepending on the time of day, your ISP may or may not be at full capacity. Each ISP has its own infrastructure. Sometimes this infrastructure gets overloaded with massive amounts of traffic. This is why ISPs perform so well in their humble beginnings and start to really drag in speed as they grow. Although signals are sent at the speed of light, they need to be queued, processed, and routed to their proper destinations. Depending on what region of the world you live in, the ISP may have trouble upgrading infrastructure because of government bureaucracy that gets in the way. This isn\u2019t necessarily their fault. It\u2019s just politics and money.<\/p>\n
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\nISPs have been known to throttle people who use certain protocols and networks (particularly those on Bit Torrent and other peer-to-peer networks). If you think you\u2019re a victim of throttling, run a speed test<\/a> first. If the speed on your line is ridiculously higher than your download speed, you\u2019re probably being throttled. Keep in mind that there\u2019s a difference between megabits per second and megabytes per second (1 m byte = 8 m bits).
\nBut there\u2019s still one more problem related to this\u2026<\/p>\n
\nWhere I live there are many ISPs that offer 100 M bit per second download speeds. Incredible, right? The problem is that this speed is the national speed. In other words, I would download at 100 Mbps only from someone in my own country. For downloads originating outside the country, ISPs may offer anywhere from 5 to 20 Mbps. That\u2019s not nearly as much. To test this, go back to the speed test site I linked you to in the last section. Instead of selecting their recommendation, which is local, hop outside your country and select another one. This will test the efficacy of your line outside your local borders. If you see a drop in speed, this is most certainly your problem.
\nThankfully, my ISP stopped throttling exterior downloads and uploads, giving me 100 Mbps uplink\/down-link speeds everywhere. It\u2019s a bit more expensive, but worth it!<\/p>\n
\nTrust me. I\u2019ve had a ton of frustrations over the years trying to figure out why my lines or the lines of my friends would drop in speed so suddenly. These usually were the reasons, and the solutions I proposed have been very helpful. <\/p>\n
\nDeuce Marjeta<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"