subject: Home Broadband Tips: Boost The Speed Of Your Broadband [print this page] Sometimes our broadband connections are great, sometimes it's poor or just so-so. It's really a hassle to have a slow broadband speed when you are in the middle of working on something. If you are researching then the page just freezes. Those are real life scenarios for me, and it's really annoying and time consuming to have a slow broadband. If ever the same happens to yours, check and follow these tips, to make your broadband go on smoothly and fast as before.
1. Keep your broadband private. This is the first thing you should do to revert your wifi back to it's normal speed. Keep your connection secure; if you don't others close to you can use your wifi signal and access the internet. You are paying for that wifi, so it would be your loss. Since the more devices that connect to your wifi; then the speed will be shared with these other devices; and yours will be compromised.
2. Try to put your router in the same room as your PC. Signals will flow from your router then reach your PC or laptop; they can travel through cement, ceilings and walls- but not as good. Ceilings and walls can act as a barrier for these signals and reduce the strength when it reaches your PC. If you have several walls separating your PC from your router, each of these barriers can potentially reduce the signal link between you two.
3. Place your router near your PC. You can maximise the strength of your signal by placing the PC and your router closer. The closer the proximity; the better chances that you can easily connect with it. Just imagine it like this; if your broadband and computer can "see" each other; the the better the signal strength. The better connection that you can establish with it.
4. Switch off your broadband router and wait for 1 minute; then switch it on again. If you find your broadband slower than usual; remember that sometimes electronic devices can be "muddled" sometimes. Turning off your router is one of the simplest ways to fix that. By doing so, you reset all the microprocessors. This will help to boost your broadband speed. I do that a lot; sometimes, you have to do this once or twice for the signal strength to be back to normal.
5. Go for shorter cables. Make sure that the cable that connects your router to the sockets are short. If you are using a longer phone lead, then replace it with a shorter one. Then replace it with the one that you ideally get when you have a router.
If your internet is going slower than the usual; then remember these tips and execute them. Often times you really have to find the source of the problem. If you find your wifi connection totally slow, then check the list. When you have done all the necessary things to keep the signal strong but still find it slow; then call up the network company and tell them your problem. Sometimes it's the company; so call them up and ask them why your signal's low and they'll look it up for you.
