Let's talk about why the real speed of the Internet may differ from the one that is declared in advertising. An article can also be useful for you: how to find out the Internet speed.
The differences between the real speed of the Internet from the advertised
In most cases, the speed of Internet access in users is somewhat lower than the one that is declared in their tariff. In order to find out the Internet speed, you can run a special test (by reference at the beginning of the article there are detailed instructions on how to accurately determine the speed of access to the network) and compare it with what you pay for. As I said, the real speed will most likely differ in a smaller side.Why do I have a low speed of the Internet?
And now consider the reasons why the speed of access is different and, moreover, is different in the unpleasant side and the factors that affect it:
- Problems with End User Equipment - If you have an outdated router or an incorrectly configured router, an old network card or non-matching drivers, a result is possible in the form of a low network access speed.
- Software problems - Low Internet speed is very often related to the presence of various kinds of malicious software on the computer. In fact, this is one of the main reasons. Moreover, the "malicious" in this case can include all sorts of panels ask.com, Yandex.Bar, search and defender Mayl.ru - Sometimes, when you come to the user who complains that the Internet brakes, it is enough to simply delete all these Unnecessary, but installed programs from a computer.
- The physical distance to the provider - the further the provider server is located, the weaker the signal level can be in the network, the more often the network should pass on the network with corrective information, which as a result leads to a decrease in speed.
- The overload of the network - the more the person simultaneously use a separate line of the provider, the more significant influence it has a connection rate. Thus, in the evening, when all your neighbors use torrent to download a movie, the speed will decline. Also, the low Internet speed is typical in the evenings for providers providing Internet access on 3G networks, in which the effect of overload affects the speed to a large extent (the effect of breathing cells - the more people are connected to 3G, the smaller the radius of the network from the base station) .
- Traffic Limiting - Your Provider can consciously limit certain types of traffic, for example, using file sharing networks. It is connected with an increased load on the provider's network, as a result of which people who are not required to load torrents have difficulty accessing the Internet.
- Problems on the server side - the speed you download files on the Internet, see movies online or just view sites, depends not only on the speed of your Internet, but also from the speed of the server from which you download information, as well as its workload . Thus, the 100 megabyte drivers file sometimes have to load over a pair of hours, although, in theory, at a speed of 100 megabits per second, it should take 8 seconds - the reason is that the server cannot send the file at this speed. Also affects the geographical location of the server. If the download file is on the server in Russia, and the connection connected to the same channels as you yourself, the speed will be equal to the same. If the server is in the United States - the passage of packages can slow down, the result of which is the lower Internet speed.
Thus, numerous factors can influence the speed of accessing the Internet and are not always easy to determine which one of them is the main one. Nevertheless, in most cases, despite the fact that the speed of accessing the Internet is lower than the stated, this difference is not significant and does not interfere with the work. In the same cases, when differences several times, you should look for problems in software and hardware of your own computer, as well as contact the provider's clarification, if there was no problem on our side.