Not just WiFi, Ethernet connection is giving me the same shit: feels like the more tabs I open the higher the chance my Internet connection would drop for a bit. What could it be? Halp. Sometimes it's nothing and at other times I get these strange lags. Don't even know what exactly to complain about to my provider bc whenever I check my internet speed it is as declared, but sometimes it just drops, the connection, for a few seconds.

  • Yanqui_UXO [any]
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    2 years ago

    i feel like when i use google services the chance of a lag increases, but it still feels more or less random, with VPN on too

    • silent_water [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      might be just that your ISP is way over-subscribed, so when too many people access the network at the same time, they run out of capacity and you get throttled.

      • Yanqui_UXO [any]
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        2 years ago

        that does sound pretty likely. it happened before like a month ago and also on Fri/Sat when ostensibly more ppl would be online

        • silent_water [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          yep, you can try switching to a different company but unless you have a municipal broadband option, they're all basically carbon copies of each other and equally shit.