Inconsistent speeds with SHAW High Speed Internet?

Question

In my apartment we recently switched over to SHAW internet and updated the router to a wireless linksys system. However,in the day the internet seems to slow down dramatically. Say for example, I'm downloading a file off Pure Pwnage at 250kb/s at night/morning and later in the day I test it out and it's going at 13kb/s. I ran a speed test at SHAW and in the morning it gave me 4Mbps but later on in the day it gave me 880kbs though the internet moves relatively fast but not fast enough. Night also moves slow sometimes as well. I've called SHAW numerous times and their sending in a tech next week though I want to see what other solutions and explanations I can get to figure this problem out so he can solve it faster. They pinged my area and said the internet should be working fine. Three of us are using wireless while the other guy is using an ethernet connection, Router is also updated. Never had this problem when we were with Telus.

I should note, we were previously on an old netgear router though it didn't seem to work with the SHAW internet.

Answer 1

I assume that Shaw is a cable internet provider. The problem with cable internet is that the bandwidth is shared with your neighbors! Seems unbelievable, but it's true.