.....and go back again to high-speed??
2006-07-03 16:41:53 · 8 answers · asked by mike m 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
What were you doing or looking at to notice your connection would slow down? Do you have wireless? If you do next time when you notice look in your "My Network Places then Entire Network" an see if theres any other computers useing your connection, they may be downloading something. Or there are just a lot of users on the comcast internet theres a hole bunch of things.... Let me know what it was.
2006-07-03 18:54:17 · answer #1 · answered by ginareadytotalk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's the problem with cable modem. You're sharing what they tout as a high speed broadband line with the whole neighborhood, which means that that high-speed line is split into however many people are connected and using it at that point. So if 60 households are using your 3 mbps line, you're down to 50 kbps, which is modem speed.
Get DSL - it's your own line. Even if it only goes up to 1.5 mbps, it's all yours, and no one else can fight you for bandwidth.
2006-07-03 17:24:19 · answer #2 · answered by IamDAV 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your internet speed can be slowed down by a large number of other people using the same subscriber as you at the same time.
2006-07-03 16:45:25 · answer #3 · answered by theinsidejob 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well - that means at that particular point of time, there are too many users accessing the net - just gets busier at that time. Hence the speed slows down a bit.
2006-07-03 16:46:45 · answer #4 · answered by keyRun 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sometimes your anti-virus is working in the background & it slows browsing. Or its possible some website are installing adwares/spywares, its causing your browser to work slow. Incase adwares are already installed on your pc then they are sending data & thus sharing your internet bandwidth. Best get an anti-spy/adware & remove them. Install spybot:search & destroy & adAware SE from download.com
2006-07-03 16:47:30 · answer #5 · answered by Vicky 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because cable is a shared connection, thus the more people on the connection the slower the connection.
2006-07-03 16:45:20 · answer #6 · answered by jbrobinson23 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are sharing the cable with other subscribers.
Other reasons could involve viruses and/or spyware.
2006-07-03 16:43:40 · answer #7 · answered by Computer Guy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because cable companies are the spawn of the devil. I'm currently disgusted with mine. Sorry.
2006-07-03 16:45:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymouse 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋