Is your Internet slower?

Is your Internet slower?


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Ink

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Jan 8, 2011
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Due to the current worldwide situation, I know this may be the likely cause.

Both on Fibre Internet and 4G mobile data connection, I definitely have noticed slower loading time, not loading at all, more errors when connecting to webpages etc.
 

blackice

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Apr 1, 2019
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I haven’t had internet speed problems for our actual connection, but some download servers are definitely slower, while others seem normal (which makes me think it’s not really my service). Also pings are higher, especially playing online games.
 

South Park

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Jun 23, 2018
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I observe slowdowns from the normal measly 5 Mb in my building to around 3 Mb (per speed test) during peak hours. It's noticeable when trying to watch a video or download a large file. I've been using Free Download Manager to make the best of a slow connection and usually wait til midnight to download larger files.
 

marcopaone

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Jul 15, 2016
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Italy :D


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Dave Russo

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My speed test has gone down (Like above has said, do to more users I guess) It depends on time of day ,right now 6:15 Am its blazing
PING ms
14
DOWNLOAD Mbps
328.87
UPLOAD Mbps
36.61
but in afternoon my download Mbps went to 235. Apx.
 

SeriousHoax

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Mar 16, 2019
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Speedtest is not much reliable because it'll often connect to a local server of your ISP which give you the illusion of higher download speed than you may actually get on your daily browsing.
This is what I get on Speedtest by default. Lol, this is the download speed I get if I download something from my ISP's FTP servers, never on regular browsing.
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fast.com is reliable and gives you the accurate speed. This is what my poor internet speed actually is,
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Gandalf_The_Grey

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Speedtest is not much reliable because it'll often connect to a local server of your ISP which give you the illusion of higher download speed than you may actually get on your daily browsing.
This is what I get on Speedtest by default. Lol, this is the download speed I get if you download something from my ISP's FTP servers, never on regular browsing.
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fast.com is reliable and gives you the accurate speed. This is what my poor internet speed actually is,
View attachment 239367
Okay, thanks, I added my fast.com score.
Something not right there, I get a better upload than my ISP gives me 🤔
 

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