Slow Internet at home

[Deactivated] on 05/04/2014 - 19:13

I live in the same house with 6 other housemates and internet slows down dramatically during peak hours (evening throughout the night). I'm suspecting people hogging the line to stream/download/etc.

To give you all an idea, the download speed normally is 5 Mbps and when everyone is home it's 0.1 Mbps. Obviously someone isn't being considerate.

My question is, what applications would slow the ADSL 2+ internet down so much? It is a drastic difference between morning (when everyone is out to uni/work) and nights.

And what can I do about this besides begging them to not download their stuff during peak hours?

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Comments

  • botftw on 05/04/2014 - 19:26

    Honestly you cant do much, but what they're probably doing is either: downloading files/movies, streaming (YouTube etc). With 6 house mates using the internet.. mate, it's too bad unfortunately :(.

  • Ventak on 05/04/2014 - 19:27

    Applications that slow down the internet:
    * YouTube/any other video streaming sites
    * Torrents/Direct downloads of anything/Steam downloads

    Experience: My own household.

    You're pretty much screwed…unless you're able to get fibre optic (HFC internet will suffer during peak hours as well, despite increases in speed).

  • scrimshaw on 05/04/2014 - 19:31
    +2

    And what can I do about this besides begging them to not download their stuff during peak hours?

    Use technical restrictions. Configure router for QOS. http://www.tested.com/tech/2175-how-to-easily-set-up-router-…

    • Steptoe on 05/04/2014 - 21:05

      One of the other residents probably has already done his, in their favour.

    • [Deactivated] on 05/04/2014 - 21:48

      Could you explain this solution in simple terms?
      I presume you can do this via router ip?

  • evol on 05/04/2014 - 22:27

    Throttle client speeds through your router and only let yourself have 100% bandwidth :D

    • [Deactivated] on 05/04/2014 - 22:37
      +1

      How do I do that? Do I need a special software? If I took 100% bandwidth for myself, how different am I to them? Would be good if there's something I can do to reduce their bandwidth slightly.

  • sandsay on 05/04/2014 - 23:02

    Damn my internet speed has been slow for a month or so. I blame Optus, my landlord, and my housemates. :(

  • eatwell365 on 06/04/2014 - 01:01
    +1

    Speed was an issue I had in the past with Optus so now I am with Telstra and happy.

  • nickj on 06/04/2014 - 10:31

    It can be the ISP. I'm with veetel, who are using m2 on the back end, and it's awful during peak evening hours.

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