Streaming services like Netflix require a lot of bandwidth. This quickly leads to problems, especially in a large home network where many different devices and users simultaneously claim Internet bandwidth for themselves. Then it can happen that the available bandwidth is no longer sufficient. The current Corona pandemic in particular Read more…
Due to the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) the overall Internet throughput is much higher in 2020 than it has been in 2019. Increased throughput at the internet exchange points In a previous blog post we already wrote about the throughput at various internet exchange points. In Germany, on Monday Read more…
The most common reason for slow internet at night are scheduled tasks of your PC or consumer electronics. Most of the tasks, like updates for the Windows operating system, are scheduled to run outside the working hours.Due to the peak overall internet usage at night, this will immediately effect your Read more…
Background downloads and uploads in Windows 10 can be easily found with the Windows Task Manager and Windows Resource Monitor. When you are trying to fix a slow internet connection, you should at first always look out for background downloads on your PC or notebook. It is often that some Read more…
Downloads of Windows 10 updates can not be scheduled but their download bandwidth can be throttled during work hours by configuring the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS). I have no idea how many times I had been annoyed while playing one of my favorite games and suddenly the Ping spiked. Read more…
Valve’s Steam can be configured to limit the bandwidth of background downloads and to only download during a configured timespan. Like EA’s Origin, Valve’s Steam platform can also be configured to change the default download behavior to a more restrictive setting. By default, Valve’s Steam has the following settings enabled: Read more…
EA’s Origin can be either configured to throttle downloads or just to notify the user about new downloads but without downloading them. With sizes of multiple GBytes for a new patch or release of a game, the download of new patches can eat a lot of your download bandwidth.By default, Read more…
Poor physical conditions are the most common reason for a slow WLAN connection: bad weather, thick walls, poorly aligned antennas or other devices that interfere with the functional connection. This article will help you troubleshoot possible causes. Is your internet connection generally slow or just your wifi connection? If your Read more…
A slow internet can have many causes: physical problems between you and your internet provider, bad WiFi signals, too many devices in your network or defect hardware. This article helps you to identify the reason for your slow internet. A speed test of the DSL, WLAN or cable connection often Read more…
The time period between 7pm and 9pm local time with additional highs at the weekend is seen as the Internet Rush Hour. Most people are using internet services with high volume traffic like Netflix, YouTube or Twitch during these hours. It is not very surprising that during the evening and Read more…