Curbkiddytech
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Okay so I live in a small town in Iowa, but large enough where we have access to decent internet. We have a cable/modem setup that connects to a router which then connects to the PC's in our house. We're paying for a High Speed 8Mb internet plan through our town which I believe goes through Long Lines. And I know that there are certain times of the day when internet traffic is going to be higher/lower than usual but shouldn't we be getting somewhere close to the 8Mb download speed when there's low traffic? The highest download speed we seem to ever reach is 1Mb and that's usually after midnight. We never get 2, 3, 4, or anything higher than 1 to be honest at any given point during the day. When I run a speed test online it says I should have 10 ping, around 9Mb download, and 2Mb upload. I play League of Legends a lot and I'm lucky if I get 82/83 ping in-game when no one is home during early morning or very late at night when traffic is low.
Can someone please explain to me why this is happening and if it's normal before I go down to city hall and complain that my internet is slower than what I'm paying for? I would greatly appreciate it.
Our router is WNDR3700 Netgear, and a modem that was installed by the city.
Can someone please explain to me why this is happening and if it's normal before I go down to city hall and complain that my internet is slower than what I'm paying for? I would greatly appreciate it.
Our router is WNDR3700 Netgear, and a modem that was installed by the city.