Question posted by garybooth1940 on September 20th, 2012

Internet Speed; It Is Very Poor In Evening;ok At Mid-day

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Answer #1: Posted by groundhogday on September 20th, 2012 4:22 PM
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You are using a DSL internet service.  You share bandwidth(internet speed basically) with other people in your area.  So at night when people are at home after work their are more people using the internet.  Causing your speed to become slow.  Unfortunately, you can complain all you want to your ISP(Internet Service Provider) but theres nothing they can or will do about it.  I reccommend switching to a different ISP that is not DSL or fiberoptic.  Cable internet is the way to go.  Cable internet providers can vary per region but Qwest and Comcast are two of the larger ISPs that I can think of


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