Why is the internet slow today
10 Things You're Doing that Slow Down Your Internet Speed
slow internet sucks and today we're
going to talk about a few things that
you might be doing wrong so that you can
fix those and get the most out of your
internet connection now first of all
sometimes internet is just slow and
there's not much you can do about that
looking at you satellite internet users
and I'm sorry about that
or maybe you're on a cable connection
and it's peak hours which slows down
everyone's connection but sometimes
those slow speeds maybe it's our own
dang fault so I'm gonna help you to kind
of get out of your own way and get what
you can out of your internet connection
now I've got three categories that we're
gonna talk about your hardware your
software and your internet service
provider so let's dive in alright thanks
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like this one okay now first things
first if you're gonna test your internet
and try to improve it you're gonna need
a reliable speed test there are a lot of
them out there some are better than
others but I will link to one of my
favorites in the description below so
use that speed test before and after you
implement some of these tips so you can
see what kind of difference you're
making okay now on to the things that
we're all doing wrong actually a bonus
before we get to all that it's about
your router upgrade your router
have you had the same router since 2004
or maybe since 2017 well yeah it's 2020
now and it already sucks so sorry about
that just go to your router check the
specs on it and find out what its
capacity is because not every router is
capable of carrying the megabit per
second load that your ISP is ready to
send your way this is why I had to
upgrade from my google Wi-Fi which I
liked just fine because when I got fiber
internet and it was capable of gig
speeds that Google Wi-Fi system wasn't
able to handle it and it wasn't very old
so I had to upgrade to something else
that was capable of handling those
higher speeds all right the first thing
you might be doing wrong is putting your
router in the wrong spot here's the
thing if you've got a house that's long
you don't put your router in the corner
you put it in the middle make sure that
it is close to the action if it's out in
some corner of the house it's not going
to be able to reach the other side of
the house or if it's in the middle of a
bunch of other electronic equipment
maybe there's interference going on and
it's not able to get out a clear signal
so make sure that your router is in a
good spot
second of all reset your router we ever
had that thing where your computer is
kind of acting up applications aren't
working quite right and all you had to
do is reset it well that's kind of the
same thing with your router the software
inside it needs a reset every now and
then to make sure that it's working
correctly so with a lot of routers all
you do is unplug it plug it back in you
can make the IT crowd round with that
one or if you have a newer system like
the one I upgraded to the euro system or
if you've got nest Wi-Fi or Google Wi-Fi
a lot of these newer systems have apps
that go with them and you can go in and
reset specific routers from your app
make sure you do that every so often
another bonus tip by the way speaking of
that app if you go in there and
prioritize your devices that could help
quite a bit your smart home devices
maybe you have a few maybe you have a
bunch of them those connected devices
could be slowing down your primary
devices so check your app and prioritize
your most important devices to make sure
they get the bandwidth they need don't
let your child's Netflix stream cut out
your important video conference or
something like that
all right tip number three you might be
depending too much on Wi-Fi now Wi-Fi is
great Wi-Fi is good and it helps you
connect all these devices around your
house really conveniently but if you can
use Ethernet on your most used devices
your laptop your Smart TV that gaming
console not your phone because you can't
do that but your Ethernet connection
will help speed up those devices
considerably Wi-Fi is getting a lot
better at speeding up compared to
Ethernet but it still can't quite
compare so if you can plug it in do it
mesh Wi-Fi by the way can help a lot
with this you can hardwire with some
systems which I found out recently only
with some systems you can hard
why're one mesh point to another and so
you can get that second mesh point close
by that vital device if it's not already
close to your primary router and that
way you can use Ethernet in those
important devices to make sure that
they're as quick as possible all right
let's move on from hardware and talk
about software a little bit our fourth
tip has to do with your browser you have
too many tabs open I'm looking at all of
us honestly you don't need to have 2000
tabs open they don't all deserve your
attention I know it's tough you think
you might come back to it later but
sometimes you just got to declare tab
bankruptcy and get rid of them all now
chrome and some other browsers are
getting smarter and they can temporarily
muzzle a tab that you haven't opened in
a while and then it kind of reloads when
you reopen the tab but don't depend on
that right especially if you're working
hard and keep opening more and more and
more tabs in quick succession that is
going to slow down your internet quite a
bit so just declare tab bankruptcy like
I said and start over I promise you'll
be just fine alright number 5 you're
seeing every ad in the world and that is
slowing down your internet now this is
not your providers fault this is
something that we can all do for
ourselves so use an ad blocker those ads
that you see every time you open up a
web page ads take up a lot of data and
it slows down your browsing experience
quite a bit so use an ad blocker like ad
lock ad block cyber shark there's a
million of them out there the list goes
on and on just be careful with these if
you're looking at a free version of
something sometimes that ad blocker
could be malware in disguise speaking of
which tip number six if you are inviting
the criminal element onto your network
that could be causing you problems many
problems but one of them would be
slowing down your connection malware and
viruses they tend to do that sort of
thing so this one's pretty
self-explanatory get rid of it get a
virus and malware scanner and that'll
help you get rid of that stuff so it's
slowing you down
get rid of it you'll speed right up I
should mention though just like with the
last tip watch out for free services
because sometimes those are actually
malware in disguise alright tip number
seven is your cash
data cached data is the data you pick up
every time you visit a site every site
that you visit stores some data about
that site on your computer so that their
pages will load faster in the future now
that sounds like a good thing and it
kind of is yeah it does make things
convenient and pretty quick up to a
point
it can get out of hand pretty soon your
computer and your browser are holding so
much data so much info it's weighing the
whole poor system down so you can go in
and clear it manually in your browser
settings or you can actually download a
clear cache plug-in to do that all in
one click alright lastly let's talk
about your internet service provider
luckily this is our specialty here at
revues org we know everything there is
to know about Internet service providers
so a few tips on this one now tip number
eight you might be hitting your data cap
now most plans many plans at least come
with no data cap these days but not all
of them again sorry
satellite internet people your data caps
kind of suck anyway but check to see if
you do have one I did on my Xfinity plan
that I had for a long time ago they gave
me one terabyte of data per month
I rarely hit that cap but when I did my
speeds slowed way way down so if you
have a data cap think about a different
plan if you can which brings us to
number 9 switching plans it's possible
that your plan just sucks and that you
can get a better one plans are actually
a little bit like routers providers are
constantly tweaking their offerings and
trying to give you better stuff but if
you never make a peep if you never go
and look there's a good chance that your
crappy old plan will just get
grandfathered through all the changes
and updates so if you've been on a 25
megabit per second plan with your DSL
provider just call see if they have any
deals for you to upgrade to or maybe
they have a different type of connection
some DSL providers are now getting into
fibre so if you switch plans sometimes
those plans will be faster and cheaper
especially if you can convince them to
get you in on some introductory offer
that they normally just give to new
customers and finally tip number 10 is
switch providers now ultimately you
might just have a bad provider at least
for your area in some areas you
only get one or two and that's too bad
there's not much I can do about that
here but most places will have a bit of
competition going on so take advantage
of that in fact go to the zip code
checker tool at reviews org I will link
to that in the description below you can
put in your zip code and we will tell
you exactly which providers and which
plans are available in your area so you
can make sure that you are getting the
best deal now I'm sure there's more
stuff that we're all screwing up when it
comes to keeping our internet going
quickly so hit me up in the comments let
me know if you have any speed up my
internet hacks to share with the rest of
us put them in those comments on your
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