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Mr_Scary
New Contributor II
4 years ago

Slower Speeds for 2 months

For the past 2 months I have been getting only HALF of what I am paying for.  Was getting over 300 now getting around 150.  I was even getting 360 over a year ago. I have not said anything, but ...
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Slow internet speed
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    Mr_Scary
    4 years ago

    I apologize: The issue is defiantly with the router, somehow it slows down for what ever reason, I have factory reset all my routers, re-configured everything again, "again", and my speeds are around 940mb/s down. So I will be monitoring the network.  

    Otherwise the issue has been resolved for the time being.

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CurtB
Valued Contributor III
Was getting over 300 now getting around 150. 
my downloads are taking several hours longer

150 Mbps = 150,000,000 bits per second * 3600 seconds per hour =  540,000,000,000 bits per hour / 8 bits per byte = 67,500,000,000 bytes per hour / 1,000,000 bytes per MB = 67,500 MB per hour / 1000 MB per GB = approximately 67.5 GB of data per hour (decimal) * 1.024 = 69.1 GB of data per hour (binary)

Theoretically, at a steady 150 Mbps, you would download approximately 69.1 GB in one hour.  You say your downloads are taking several hours longer?  What are you downloading?

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Mr_Scary
New Contributor II
4 years ago

A lot of stuff, 70GB is nothing these days. 
However I will indulge. Today I downloaded Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4, and Modern Warfare. Together they were 350GB. But there are other things as well, Like my Videos, and Streaming. And my Archives. I do a lot of Video Editing, So I have to download videos that can be 150GB - 300GB, after I'm done editing they can be 400-500GB 4K60 So if I have to download a video, then edit it, and then upload, guess how long that takes. All day or 2 or 3 days to get work done. Throw in the fact I have to update my software, and download animations. archive an entire web server and download it, work on it, then zip it again, and upload it to the customer. Hours and hours my friend, I spent over $10,000 on my setup, and pay $155.00 a month so I can be bottlenecked by a *** ISP. That's a bad ROI in my opinion.