{"id":431224,"date":"2022-04-13T19:00:48","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T16:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-is-my-internet-so-slow\/"},"modified":"2022-04-13T19:00:48","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T16:00:48","slug":"why-is-my-internet-so-slow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-is-my-internet-so-slow\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why is my internet so slow?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a41650177e08\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a41650177e08\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-is-my-internet-so-slow\/#%E2%80%9CWhy_is_my_internet_so_slow%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Why is my internet so slow?&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-is-my-internet-so-slow\/#What_is_a_%E2%80%9Cgood%E2%80%9D_internet_speed\" >What is a \u201cgood\u201d internet speed?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-is-my-internet-so-slow\/#Is_the_slowdown_coming_from_inside_the_house\" >Is the slowdown coming from inside the house?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-is-my-internet-so-slow\/#Whats_happening_on_the_other_side_of_the_wall\" >What\u2019s happening on the other side of the wall?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-is-my-internet-so-slow\/#Can_I_just_switch_to_a_different_provider_and_get_faster_internet\" >Can I just switch to a different provider and get faster internet?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWhy_is_my_internet_so_slow%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Why is my internet so slow?&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p>By: Aaron Sankin<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/themarkup.org\/ask-the-markup\/2022\/04\/12\/why-is-my-internet-so-slow\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Originally published on themarkup.org\" class=\"js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/themarkup.org\/static\/img\/republish-logo.png?why-is-my-internet-so-slow\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themarkup.org\/static\/img\/republish-logo.png?why-is-my-internet-so-slow\" alt=\"Originally published on themarkup.org\" class=\"\" srcset=\"\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve all been there: very politely asking the internet for a video of a cat engaging in some wacky antics. And then \u2026 the internet pauses, seeming to consider the request.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s the problem here? It might be you (sorry). It might be the infrastructure you\u2019re working with. It might be your internet provider. Let\u2019s explore some causes and solutions together.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_a_%E2%80%9Cgood%E2%80%9D_internet_speed\"><\/span><strong>What is a \u201cgood\u201d internet speed?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Step one is to conduct a so-called speed test. Jonathan Schwantes, senior policy counsel at Consumer Reports, who works on the organization\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.consumerreports.org\/upload\/broadband\">Fight for Fair Internet initiative<\/a>, which is collecting consumers\u2019 internet bills and speed test results as part of its advocacy work, suggests using a pair of tests, one from <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.speedtest.net\">Ookla<\/a> and another from <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/speed.measurementlab.net\/#\/\">MLab<\/a>. Each uses slightly different methods, so Schwantes recommends trying both to make sure they\u2019re consistent.<\/p>\n<p>The tests show two important results: <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download<\/a> speed (how quickly you\u2019re receiving data from the internet) and upload speed (how quickly you\u2019re sending data out to the internet), measured in megabits per second. A bit of data is a single unit of information, expressed in the binary code that computers can understand as either a one or a zero. A megabit is one million bits of data. If a speed test says your download speed is 100 megabits per second, your connection is pumping 100,000,000 ones and zeros into your device each second, and short kitty antics videos <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/youtube\/answer\/78358?hl=en\">should stream fine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What qualifies as a \u201cgood\u201d internet speed depends on what you\u2019re using it for, however. If you have multiple users and need stable connections (think kids doing online schooling while you work in the next room), education advocacy group Common Sense <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> recommends speeds of 200 mbps download and 10 mbps upload. Those recommended speeds can be high relative to available levels across much of the United States. For February of this year, Ookla <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/OaXKU\">pegged<\/a> median speeds in the U.S. for wired broadband connections at 146\u00a0mbps download and 20\u00a0mbps upload; speeds on mobile internet\u201463 mbps download and 9\u00a0upload\u2014were far slower. Amina Fazlullah, the organization\u2019s director of equity policy, insists that stable video conferencing connections are crucial for things like virtual school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does it mean when a 7-year-old has an interruption?\u201d Fazlullah said, noting that 25 mbps download and 3\u00a0mbps upload will technically work but likely with frequent service disruptions. \u201cHow long can you wait for them to get back up to speed? Will they be able to get back on track after those interruptions?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Netflix, on the other hand, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/help.netflix.com\/en\/node\/306\">recommends<\/a> a mere 15 mbps download speed for streaming content in 4K\/Ultra HD.<\/p>\n<p>What speed is available to you at home depends on the infrastructure available: the tubes through which your desired digital data flows. That infrastructure may seem intangible, but it exists both inside the walls of your home and in a corporeal <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of tubes transmitting data across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>Understanding those factors, and how they work together, is crucial to understanding how the modern internet works\u2014and how to get that cat video faster.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_the_slowdown_coming_from_inside_the_house\"><\/span><strong>Is the slowdown coming from inside the house?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When Schwantes gets a slow speed test result, his first suspicion is usually along the lines of \u201cSomething is up with my router.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re reading this on a device connected to Wi-Fi, the first connection you have to the larger internet are your modem and wireless router or your modem\/wireless router combo beaming out Wi-Fi to the immediate area.<\/p>\n<p>The first two things to try if your internet is slow are restart the router and get your device closer to the router. Like a computer, routers store information in their memory, and sometimes an error gets saved mistakenly. Restarting is a way to shake out the cobwebs. And Wi-Fi signals degrade the farther they <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If distance is slowing your speed, consider your options: Your Wi-Fi router may offer the choice between a 2.4 GHz connection and a 5\u00a0GHz connection; 5\u00a0GHz offers faster speeds over shorter distances, and 2.4 GHz provides slower speeds over longer distances. The 2.4\u00a0GHz frequency can also get congested with traffic from other wireless networks in the area, so sometimes switching to 5\u00a0GHz will provide a less obstructed path for your cat video.<\/p>\n<p>If your device has an ethernet port, you can also plug directly into the router and avoid the Wi-Fi issue altogether.<\/p>\n<p>Around the start of the pandemic, Schwantes noticed his internet slowing down. In this case, the problem was him. He was using a decade-old wireless router. After replacing it, he said, his speeds improved dramatically.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats_happening_on_the_other_side_of_the_wall\"><\/span><strong>What\u2019s happening on the other side of the wall?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The biggest speed variances come from the different ways data flows through the tubes directly outside your home. Data can travel on different types of tubes\u2014fiber optic, coaxial cable, and copper wire, and even on wireless cellular networks\u2014each providing very different speeds for uploading and downloading.<\/p>\n<p>Fiber optic cables consist of a core of ultra-thin glass surrounded by a reflective coating that transmits information as pulses of light at the speed of, well, light traveling through glass. The fastest internet connections available today are termed \u201cfiber to the home\u201d because the fiber optic cables begin where you live and run all the way to where they join the larger maze of fiber optic tubes making up the internet. (There are also systems called \u201cfiber to the node\u201d or \u201cfiber to the curb,\u201d where fiber runs to a connection hub somewhere in your neighborhood, and then the signal moves to slower wires the rest of the way.)<\/p>\n<p>If the internet is a road, fiber is like an expressway with five lanes in each direction and a 75\u00a0mph speed limit. Not everyone in the United States even has access to fiber internet. According to a study released in January by the Fiber Broadband Association, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fiercetelecom.com\/broadband\/fba-report-43-us-households-now-have-access-fiber\">less than half<\/a> of U.S. homes have that option.<\/p>\n<p>At the other end of the spectrum, copper wire is like a one-lane road where you can\u2019t go above\u00a025.<\/p>\n<p>Not only can Fiber Expressway get you home faster than Copper Lane, but it can also handle far more traffic without congestion, which is important because your data runs through the same tubes as those of your neighbors who use the same ISP. The longer you can stay on fiber before having to turn off to something that\u2019s not fiber, the faster your connection.<\/p>\n<p>What is copper wire? DSL, which stands for Digital Subscriber Line, operates on the same copper wires that phone companies use for traditional telephone service\u2014so-called landlines\u2014albeit on a higher frequency range that doesn\u2019t necessitate tying up a phone line the way dial-up service does. (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gsNaR6FRuO0\">Kids, ask your parents<\/a>.) Phone lines were built to transmit voice, which doesn\u2019t require a whole lot of data, so they tend to be s\u2011l\u2011o\u2011w.<\/p>\n<p>DSL speeds are dependent on the distance from where they hook into the fiber connections leading to the internet\u2019s backbone. They need to be boosted frequently to push data over longer distances.<\/p>\n<p>In the middle is cable internet, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly slower than fiber but can provide relatively high speeds.<\/p>\n<p>Cable internet is piped through coaxial cables carrying signals on a copper conductor surrounded by layers of plastic and metal coating to shield it from interference (an improvement over DSL). Since the coaxial cables were originally developed to transmit cable TV, which is fairly data-intensive video and audio information, they can move a lot of data. Since cable TV is traditionally a one-way broadcast medium, cable connections generally have faster downloads than uploads.<\/p>\n<p>A relatively new entrant to the residential broadband market is fixed wireless. As the name implies, this type of connection doesn\u2019t involve a tube running directly into your home. Getting a fixed wireless connection typically involves installing a receiver pulling in cellular service that is then converted to Wi-Fi. Fixed wireless home service <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/broadbandnow.com\/Fixed-Wireless\">isn\u2019t universally available<\/a> across the country, but some services advertise speeds that can give cable connections a run for their money.<\/p>\n<p>For remote locations, where it\u2019s not feasible for ISPs to install any kind of wired connection between the internet\u2019s fiber backbone and your home, satellite internet, which allows data to be\u00a0transmitted up to a satellite and then beamed down to an antenna at your residence, is an option. Satellite internet is generally not as fast as fiber or cable internet. Ookla found the median speed for SpaceX\u2019s Starlink, the fastest satellite internet available in the U.S., was around 100 mbps download and 13 mbps upload.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_I_just_switch_to_a_different_provider_and_get_faster_internet\"><\/span><strong>Can I just switch to a different provider and get faster internet?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can certainly give it a shot! However, a dearth of competition in the broadband market across the United States may make that tricky.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe U.S. market for internet service is dominated by just four companies: AT&amp;T, Charter, Comcast, and Verizon,\u201d reads the 2020 edition of the Open <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technology<\/a> Institute\u2019s Cost of Connectivity <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newamerica.org\/oti\/reports\/cost-connectivity-2020\/executive-summary\">report<\/a> about the state of the U.S. broadband market compared to that in other developed countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn most cities, there were only, like, two providers, and there are large swaths of addresses that only had one provider,\u201d said Claire Park, one of the report\u2019s authors.<\/p>\n<p>A 2020 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/report-most-americans-have-no-real-choice-in-internet-providers\/\">report<\/a> from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance found that 83.3\u00a0million Americans are only able to purchase broadband internet from a single provider.<\/p>\n<p>But that absolutely doesn\u2019t mean you shouldn\u2019t try to shop around to find a different internet provider that can give you faster and\/or cheaper service.<\/p>\n<p>You can check your options by entering your address into the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/broadbandmap.fcc.gov\/#\/\">FCC\u2019s National Broadband Map<\/a>, although what\u2019s listed as available for every address isn\u2019t always accurate.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe, just maybe, you can get an upgrade that will get you that cat video a whole lot faster.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/themarkup.org\/ask-the-markup\/2022\/04\/12\/why-is-my-internet-so-slow\">originally published on The Markup<\/a> and was republished under the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives<\/a><a> license.<\/a><\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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