WiFi gets worse when everyone is home
When WiFi degrades during busy household times, your internet plan or router is hitting its capacity limit. Multiple people streaming and working at the same time uses up all available bandwidth.
When everyone is home and doing things at the same time — streaming, gaming, working, video calls — the internet plan's speed gets stretched thin. There's only so much bandwidth to share. The solution is either getting a faster plan or spreading the load so that heavy activities don't fight for bandwidth.
- ✓Identify what's happening when it gets slow. Streaming, gaming, video calls, and downloads all use different amounts of bandwidth
- ✓Pause one heavy activity and see if everything else immediately improves
- ✓Compare speeds during a quiet time versus a busy time from the same room
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Skip, I just want a technicianCommon mistakes to avoid
- Restarting the router during peak hours expecting permanent improvement. Slowness comes back once the heavy activities resume
- Buying new equipment after one bad evening without first figuring out the root cause
- Blaming one person or device without testing which activity is using the most bandwidth
Signs you need professional help
- If you're calculating that peak demand exceeds your plan speed and considering an upgrade, or if QoS and guest networks are configured but peak hours are still unacceptable, give us a call and we can help you decide on a plan upgrade.
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