we recently upgraded from 3 mbps DSL to 10 mbps, and it seems in the evenings, and at night, the speeds drop to about 5-6 mbps, and come back up late at night...by 11 pm or so..
It's not the wireless (WEP secured) or the router, as I notice this even when I connect the laptop directly to the modem...the tech support (Century Link, formerly Embarq) is confused...idk if this happened even when we had the 3 mbps ...i never noticed it, if it did.
Is there anything one can do? i tried power cycling the modem, and it didn't seem to help.
If anyone has any idea, I'd appreciate any advice. This is frustrating, as the main reason I upgraded was to get Netflix streaming (via blue ray player) in full HD, and as of now, due to the speed drop in the night, we often don't get to see it in HD. It's still very watchable and pretty good quality, but that's not the point...I just don't get why this happens only in the eve/night. (The 1st 2 days after the upgrade, all was fine.)
Thanks IA.
EDIT: same thing just happened. for the last 2-3 hrs (8 pm to 10 pm) the speed was like 4-5 mbps, and i just checked the speed (speedtest.net), and it's back up to normal (above 9 mbps)
It's not the wireless (WEP secured) or the router, as I notice this even when I connect the laptop directly to the modem...the tech support (Century Link, formerly Embarq) is confused...idk if this happened even when we had the 3 mbps ...i never noticed it, if it did.
Is there anything one can do? i tried power cycling the modem, and it didn't seem to help.
If anyone has any idea, I'd appreciate any advice. This is frustrating, as the main reason I upgraded was to get Netflix streaming (via blue ray player) in full HD, and as of now, due to the speed drop in the night, we often don't get to see it in HD. It's still very watchable and pretty good quality, but that's not the point...I just don't get why this happens only in the eve/night. (The 1st 2 days after the upgrade, all was fine.)
Thanks IA.
EDIT: same thing just happened. for the last 2-3 hrs (8 pm to 10 pm) the speed was like 4-5 mbps, and i just checked the speed (speedtest.net), and it's back up to normal (above 9 mbps)
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