My internet is slow during the night

Discussion in 'The Rant Section' started by gawain187, Aug 18, 2008.

  1. gawain187

    gawain187 Well-Known Member

    I really hate my internet connection. Its meant to be 4MB. But it doesnt really reach up to it.

    I've noticed during the day I can download @ like ~1MB/s and upload @ 200KB/s using BT.

    But once it gets to like around 11pm the internet for some reason starts slowing down, the speeds of download drop to ~15KB/s and upload @ ~5KB/s.

    Its really hard to share my DDLs as it takes so long.

    Has anyone come across this scenario?

    EDIT: Just upgraded the service, its now a 20MB line, but it still has its slowless sometimes.
    But its been fine nonetheless
     
    #1 gawain187, Aug 18, 2008
    Last edited: Aug 30, 2009
  2. reno

    reno Well-Known Member

    prolly cos every1 else in the neighbourhood is using it then?
    then they kill the bandwith available...

    plus if all ur basing it on is bt... kinda doesn't mean anything
    could just mean at that time, no1 wants to seed, they all shut off their machine except for 1 guy living across the otherside of the hemisphere...
     
  3. lovinglyxx

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    it's daytime and i'm downloading like 60kb/s or something stupid hahaa, i've never really seen my d/l speed as high as 200 which sucks bcos i'm supposed to have a fast connection speed too! but it's weird cos my internet is faster during night
     
  4. metzo

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    lol my net download wise is faster durring night.. goes at like 300-400kb/s for ddl =P
    But browsing speed seems constant whenever
     
  5. reno

    reno Well-Known Member

    love the net in japan... its soooooo fast =)

    but yeah... if its just bt ur referring to, it'll always change depending who's seeding and where they're from
     
  6. Phil

    Phil 香港 PA 社團 揸Fap 人

    lol , tell everyone to stop using the internet so u can use it ,
    lol nah, internet is prob slower coz of offpeak hours or somehting, lol
     
  7. an0nymous

    an0nymous Well-Known Member

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    what ISP are you with ? and what type?
     
  8. bbes

    bbes Incredible

    well no cos its supposed to be quicker during the night after 11pm they say cos then it is off peak hours. anyways i agree with reno that if ur basing this on BT then its not reliable.
     
  9. dragong87

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    it could depend on ur isp.. if they offer a bigger dl llimit in offpeak hours that's when ppl will download.. they'll use up all bandwidth and it goes slower.. :(
     
  10. gawain187

    gawain187 Well-Known Member

    But I thought if your using an internet line its just you only, Think about this we dont share ISP numbers so how can someone else kill the bandwidth?

    I dont just base this on BT, it also happens when im DDLing using megaupload and im a premmy user too.

    You should either complain too your service provider or switch provider, because I remember before my connection was even slow even though its broadband, after i complained gotten 2x faster.

    No one else is using the connection, its not behind a router its directly from a modem to my pc.

    my ISP is virgin media, broadband 4MB

    They dont have such a thing as limit or offpeak.

    But we the consumer are paying for a service which they are providing. If we pay for a certain amount then we should get a certain amount.
     
  11. reno

    reno Well-Known Member

    yes if u use the line its only U
    but along with U is everyone else that the line is connected to

    look at it this way
    the line is already split up to the isp and then to everyone else in the neigbhourhood
    all ur doing is just sharing the same cables

    its like the road...
    wen many ppl drive on the same road, u all end up slower

    wat we were saying with u to tell other ppl to stop using, is not in ur house/property
    ur neighbours!!

    it does make a difference, and a BIG one

    wat did they "guarantee" u as service
    if u go to a proper site that does a speed test u'll notice nice numbers

    once it goes outside of that, wat it die horribly
    at home im on 10mb
    realistically u won't get anything more than 150kb/s
    unless u dl within the isp region stuff

    normal stuff on bt ranges between 1kb and 150

    here in jap, ddl gets like 1.5mb/s =D

    then at work, they had a direct line that was uploading at like couple hundred mb/s
     
  12. is it possible yo ass got capped during peak hours? thats what they do over here in canada to kill the competition leased under their lines.
     
  13. brown_bear

    brown_bear ☆‧° ☆﹒﹒‧ ☆ ﹒﹒‧☆‧° ☆

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    MY NET SUCKYYYSSS TOOOooOO..>_<"...
    IT GOES UBBBBER SLOW AND THEN FAST SOMETIMES....LIKE SOMETIMES IT TAKES FOREVER
    TO LOAD A PAGE...I CAN GO DO SOMETHING ELSE...AND LEAVE IT TO LOAD ON ITS OWN...
    IVE RANG UP THE SERVICE PROVIDER BEFORE AND THEY JUST FOB ME OFF SAYING...AT NIGHT
    TIMES THEY'RE UPGRADING SOMETHING...:(
     
  14. emawlee28

    emawlee28 Well-Known Member

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    Get ur IP adress on www.danasoft.com
    they tell u ur ip adress and then copy it into the adress bar and change teh settings .. in ur internet . if that dont work CALL UR SERVICE PROVIDER and SECURE IT !
     
  15. Remywalker

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    i heard isp blocks certain ports during the day so you have slower speeds for downloading
     
  16. ProjectD

    ProjectD VIP yay :]

    thing is if you really odnt like the speed at night
    try calling the company, and complain about it and they mght upgrade your net and also you might some money back while at it
    but yeah i agree with reno you cant really base it on BT
     
  17. gawain187

    gawain187 Well-Known Member

    I didnt just base it on BT, I also used megaupload DDL service and that was slow.
     
  18. reno

    reno Well-Known Member

    they won't secure ur IP thats for sure...
    they keep changing it, and its normal
    unless u pay premium for static ips

    megaupload... well depends on ur location and where the file is stored
    i get like 30/kbs from MU... and then if im in japan, i get like 1.5mb/s

    its all about location... and of course, if u pay for accounts on MU etc you're more likely to get faster speeds

    otherwise, read up on networks and how they work and maybe u'll understand better how everything is =)
     
  19. i have also came to the conclusion that it is most likely your neighbors are using the internet at later hours as well..... tying up the line, that is just how it works....
     
  20. bbes

    bbes Incredible

    well MU varies all the time for me anyway when i'm in the same location. i think it depends on how many ppl are getting a file and using their server at once but then again i can't complain as i'm not a premium user.

    @gawain
    i think they may have capped ur speed. it is virgin we are talking about and they do have a fair usage policy. so it could be very likely that they capped ur speed. then again it does depend on how fast ur getting the internet. if it is ridiculously slow then something is wrong but if not chances are they could have capped it. i don't think it has something to do with users as virgin is cable.