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@forumhostpb wrote:
……………This usually happens when a number of other customers (of your ISP) in your area are all using the internet at the same time and therefore there is only a limited amount of bandwidth available for each of you to use.
Just to add to the above point:
One of the downsides that you rarely if ever get told is that if you contract to use a “cheap” broadband connection, there is a hidden problem.
Yes they will ideally connect you at their advertised ‘speed’ – usually “up to” 8 MB. However the smaller (and cheaper) ones have a limited capacity and consequently have to share this across all their customers in a geographical area. This means that they ‘throttle back’ an individual’s download capacity so as to share their available bandwidth across all their customers, particularly at times when the majority connect to the internet and download stuff.
The bottom line is that cheaper isn’t always better.
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