internet speed help

Forum discussion tagged with internet speed help.
  1. T

    Question Network Speed

    Hello all, My computer's internet speed is slow, and I don't think it's my ISP. I have two other computers (hard wired), and their speed test reads ~300 Mbps. On the other hand, mine reads 10-18 Mbps (hard wired). QoS is not enabled on my router. I ran a speed test for my ISP, which reads...
  2. D

    Question Is my computer limiting my download speeds?

    I pay for a 500mbps internet plan and I test about as much on Speedtest.net. My download speeds on Steam are about 20mb/s, on the Xbox app 5mb/s on Epic Games it's about 10mb/s. My friend with a gigabit connection and a considerably stronger PC (RTX 3060, I'm not sure about the CPU but it...
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    [SOLVED] Different Internet Speeds

    I checked a bunch of different internet speed test sites and I get different things. I have xfinity. When I check their speed test I get like 250~ mbs and that's fine and as it should be. But when I check other sites I get between 30-50mbs. I searched online and people say that is because...
  4. iamjudebot

    Question YouTube buffers quickly at the start and then just stops

    I've been having a really weird problem when I watch YouTube on my pc. Basically, whenever I play a video it buffers quickly like the grey bar jumps really far out and creates a sizeable gap over where I'm currently at on the video but then it just stops moving. When the red bar catches up to...
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    [SOLVED] Download speed has TANKED please help

    My download speed is usually around 15-30MB/s while downloading updates for games like RB6 or CoD but is at 1-2MB/s at the moment. I did an Ookla and a google test. I got it 1.46 download and .20 upload for the google. Then on ookla I got 4.8 download and 0.13 upload.... what happened to my...
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    [SOLVED] Internet slower on PC than laptop

    Hi all, My PC at home has an internet speed of 250 mbps. Recently I had trouble downloading some files and decided to try on my laptop (that I usually only use at the office) with the exact same ethernet cable and got a speed of about 500 mbps. What could be the reason why my PC runs at a...
  7. Ceololll

    Question PC download speed has slowed from 4MB/s to 100 - 500KB/s over the past few days

    Ookla Speed Test tells me I've got a download speed of 0.11Mb/s. Whereas, on my phone, the same site says I've got 25Mb/s. Windows is up to date. I performed a clean boot and Ookla then said I have a download speed of 1Mb/s which still isn't 25. I'm using a Realtek rtl8811au Network adapter...
  8. frooky

    Question Internet Speed Help

    Hello, I am new to posting on forums, and not very tech savvy, but here’s my question/problem: I currently have a router that supports gigabit internet speeds. All the devices in my household are able to get upwards of 400mbps speed. My pc gets significantly lower speeds, around 200-300. I...