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[Dragosel11]

 

Hi, I also have a problem with the wifi, I have a very, very low speed

[apcyberax]

test with a wired connection to know if its a isp speed problem

[Dragosel11]

I don't have a thread to test this now, I've had this problem with the net for a few days and I don't know what's going on with it, I have a speed of 1.87 mbps

[dishion]

Yup, also getting the same issue here @ London, Lewisham.

Also a ping test from cmd prmt.

[Adamb94]

Same issue here from Liverpool after testing wired / wireless, getting anywhere below 1.5mbps atm

[tfbise16]

VM are refusing to acknowledge a country wide throttle. Its clear to see that everyones speeds have dropped off simultaneously.

[apcyberax]

thats because vm do not throttle speeds. your lack of understanding of what throttling is is not throttling

[Dragosel11]

and how could I solve it?

[tfbise16]

It's when the ISP reduces speed to maximise bandwidth for the traffic it already has.

Speeds have dropped and there is an increased capacity due to corona. Sort of makes sense no?

[apcyberax]

correct when the ISP

Contention and usage is not throttling

The network is designed with a contention. Not everyone is designed to be online or using the internet at the same time. Just like roads. Roads are designed to let so many people use it at one time. If everyone goes out at the same time the road network fails.

Throttling is a artificial setting added by the ISP to limit speeds contention is NOT