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Hey Everyone, I have a question on amy internet connection . im supposed to have a 6 mb connection but around 9 pm everynight i cant stream a movie or a youtube vidio even at 480p without it haveing to stop and buffer every few secounds and im so fustrated. when i upgraded and it worked well for 2 weaks but for the last 2 months its crap. i complaned to my isp twice thay tell me at 9pm is peak time and it takes away from me. i assume my bandwith. but it doesnt sound right to me. does anyone know if this is true.

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Hey Everyone, I have a question on amy internet connection . im supposed to have a 6 mb connection but around 9 pm everynight i cant stream a movie or a youtube vidio even at 480p without it haveing to stop and buffer every few secounds and im so fustrated. when i upgraded and it worked well for 2 weaks but for the last 2 months its crap. i complaned to my isp twice thay tell me at 9pm is peak time and it takes away from me. i assume my bandwith. but it doesnt sound right to me. does anyone know if this is true.

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ISP's usually allocate data for off peak and peak times, an example would be say you are paying for a 120GB broadband connection, 60GB can be used on Peak and 60GB is used for Off Peak, read your terms and conditions to see your peak/off peak allocations. You may have used all your 60GB on peak time hence the data rates drop to a rate that is very slow.

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I you have a limitited data plan, that lowers your speed when you have used up you data, that might be why. It could also be the peak hours you were talking about. I don't know what rules apply where you live, but where I live there can only be up to a 10% lowering of the speed during peak hours. If there is more than a 10% speed drop, your ISP can't legally demand full price.   

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