Slow internet at night

[Tac127]

So i only noticed this problem recently and basically at around 830 to 9ish pm my internet speed goes from 50 down 10 up to around 10-15 down 5-7 up. Just to mention i am on Ethernet and my isp is cogeco. Im kinda getting tired of this because i download most of my games and movies at night

[theereal]

Perhaps they are working on the senders in your area? And they are doing this at night as not to piss off customers?

[manikyath]

well.. with internet theres something called "peek hour"

 

and chances are you're not the only person who prefers to download at that time.

[LeightonPC]

Could be due to others on your network and also due to in houses around you. Your ISP could also throttle you at those times. 

Sucks but it is life  

[eelnico09]

Maybe something you have updates every night?

Or that ISP is just shitty and around that time everyone is downloading stuff and that affects you, called peak hour.

Or like in my country, you have a limit you can download per month, but that limit only applies when there are too many people using internet.

[PlayStation 2]

ISP probably throttles at night

[Tac127]

well.. with internet theres something called "peek hour"

 

and chances are you're not the only person who prefers to download at that time.

im not shure my neighborhood is very tech savy alot of them are elderly

[Midnitewarrior4]

this used to happen to me to the point where i couldn't even get on google, every day at the same time for about a week then it was back to normal, might just be some maintenance

[Tac127]

Perhaps they are working on the senders in your area? And they are doing this at night as not to piss off customers?

wuts a sender

[Tac127]

Could be due to others on your network and also due to in houses around you. Your ISP could also throttle you at those times. 

Sucks but it is life

is there anything i can do about it?

[Centurius]

Yeah unless something else hogs all the bandwidth on your network at night it's either the network in the area reaching its maximum capacity(possible, unlikely) or your isp throttling speed(much more likely).

 

Edit: You can't do anything about stuff outside of your own network besides complain to the ISP.

[Tac127]

Yeah unless something else hogs all the bandwidth on your network at night it's either the network in the area reaching its maximum capacity(possible, unlikely) or your isp throttling speed(much more likely)

but why

[zzenigmaxzz]

you can try using a vpn like astrill to see if it helps

 

i have the same problem on verizon around that time when i try to watch anything on twitch or youtube but astrill seems to get around the throttling

[theereal]

wuts a sender

Not sure if troll...

[Lethal Seraph]

Probably scheduled peak-hours and throttling from the ISP.

[Tac127]

Not sure if troll...

i feel kinda dumb but seriously

[d3sl91]

Im kinda getting tired of this because i download most of my games and movies at night

 

That's probably what everyone else is doing, so, you're neighborhood's speed goes down as availible bandwidth is taken up. 

 

call and complain, maybe they will come out and beef up the gear. 

[Centurius]

but why

Less strain on infrastructure, problems with capacity in the backbone, it can be anything.

[d3sl91]

i feel kinda dumb but seriously

You're fine. I dunno what he means either. 

[LeightonPC]

is there anything i can do about it?

"Sucks but it is life :(" That usually means no. Tough luck basically, just hope it speeds up again. I am sure everyone has gone though it at one time or another. 

[theereal]

i feel kinda dumb but seriously

Something that looks like this is probably being worked on near you

 

[d3sl91]

Something that looks like this is probably being worked on near you

 

communication-tower-1319447.jpg

Ah, Transmitter.

 

Yeah, could be the case. He should call and find out (maybe he'll get lucky and not get someone who tells him to just reset his router).

[Tac127]

Something that looks like this is probably being worked on near you

 

communication-tower-1319447.jpg

oh i have one of those near me but it has nowhere near as many on the tower thx

[Tac127]

Something that looks like this is probably being worked on near you

 

communication-tower-1319447.jpg

wait how do those have to do with the internet isn't the internet wired under the street (As much as i love tech i know barely anything about networking)

[theereal]

wait how do those have to do with the internet isn't the internet wired under the street (As much as i love tech i know barely anything about networking)

If you have fiber or something else, they may still be working on those lines that go beneath your house Also if the internet is wired? That depends Im not there with you so i cant tell