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Home internet jammed up? Try these steps before upgrading

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By FRANK BAJAK

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@zichi: Get Usen, 4900 a month, unlimited, I do 100-200 GB a month because I stream heavy. Never had an issue ever for 15 years!

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"jammed up" such a highly technical article.... perhaps you should clean out the internet pipes so they don't jam

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@zichi: Usen, 100mbit unlimited, 5 global IPs (even the installers were wondering WTF)... 4900 a month unlimited, I run my own global game servers from it. Can't complain in the slightest. Never ever gone down.

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@Zichi If you are having issues with a legal torrent :-) get a good VPN. Not sure if I am allowed to promote one here and I am not affiliated with it by any means but PIA is great. I like its security for online banking and stocks etc. Especially being secure for My Number and American Social Security number when doing tax material.

I use JCom in Japan. I find it drops once every few days and that is frustrating. I think it is my outdated modems.

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Depends on your provider, your location and the time of day.

If you use a very popular provider during the evening, and you’re located relatively far from the exchange, your speed will be slow. So do the opposite.

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Changing provider made a world of difference for me. I went from 1-2mbps during evenings to 300-600 mbps with the new provider.

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Here in Tokyo on NTT Communications, my speed often drops to near zero, around 3 or 4 mbps, on Saturday and Sunday mornings, and when there is stormy weather. Normally around 40-60 mbps, although the advertised speed is 150.

My devices also don't like 5hz. I put them manually on it, and they usually automatically switch to the slower 2.

It seems internet connections these days dont come close to fulfilling the IPO's promises. It used to be better about 10 years ago, when I had a cable TV package with a rock-solid LAN connection.

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Lately found myself helping a lot of people with these "working from home" issues

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If you're using Wireless, avoid using the Microwave.... apparently that helps.

If your Router supports it enable QoS and st the priorities according to who deserves it the most.

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