Val D.
Very Senior Member
By the way my tests of performance was done under 3 different times (6:00 am, 6:00pm and 12:15am) All tests were showing poor speeds however the 6:00pm time was the worst.
I'm sure you'll find a lot of information here on SNB how to set properly your router, but the Internet speed issues may be not router related at all. I use the same Rogers cable with a different provider and around 6pm every night the download speed drops in half, followed by high ping times to local servers. It's a sure sign of a network congestion. I called the ISP to ask what is happening and the honest customer service support (not Rogers, of course) agreed they have temporary network congestion in high traffic hours, but they are adding more capacity and in 2 weeks time the issue should be resolved. I got even a partial refund on my monthly bill for the inconvenience.
Remember those summer Home Internet sale offers from almost all major ISP?
More people got higher speed packages and this is the resulting effect on the network.
Currently morning time to around 5pm I have full speed, then drops to about 1/2 until around 11pm, then goes back to full speed again. The cycle repeats almost every day, at approximately the same time of the day. Not a big deal, because even 1/2 speed is high enough, but still not what we are paying for. Not much room to complain either, the speed offered from all ISPs is "up to", not guaranteed. At least my ISP is doing something about it, they say...
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