{"id":41617,"date":"2013-02-18T22:16:07","date_gmt":"2013-02-18T22:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=41617"},"modified":"2013-02-18T22:16:07","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T22:16:07","slug":"5-reasons-your-internet-is-slow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/5-reasons-your-internet-is-slow\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Reasons Your Internet is Slow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/slowinternet.jpg\" alt=\"slowinternet\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-41620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/slowinternet.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/slowinternet-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<p>by Mitz Pantic from Tips4pc.com<\/p>\n<h3>5 Reasons Your Internet is Slow<\/h3>\n<p>Slow Internet is a pain\u2014worse, it costs you productivity. If it takes your slow Internet an extra second to load each webpage and you load 120 webpages a day, slow Internet costs you over 12 hours a year. That\u2019s a whole lot of time you could put to more productive or more entertaining use.<\/p>\n<p>The causes of slow Internet vary. Sometimes the simplest solution is just to upgrade your Internet service. But sometimes your slow service is related to an equipment problem or a software screw up. Let\u2019s look at five of the usual suspects:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1\u2014Is Your Computer Sick?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Viruses are a huge problem. We know millions of PCs are infected with viruses because these virus-infected computers form massive botnets which send most of the world\u2019s spam, power most of the world\u2019s major denial-of-service attacks, and host most of the world\u2019s phising websites.<\/p>\n<p>If your computer is infected by a virus, that virus is probably on the Internet right now doing something illegal and immoral\u2014and it\u2019s doing it using your limited Internet bandwidth.<\/p>\n<p>To discover whether you have a virus installed on your computer, install anti-virus software (if you don\u2019t already have it) and run a full system scan. It will take a while. If it finds a virus, follow its instructions. If it doesn\u2019t find a virus, then your slow Internet is probably caused by something else.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2\u2014Your Computer\u2019s Slight Of Hand<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the most wonderful things about computers is that they can perform many tasks without supervision. But it can also be the case that your computer will keep doing something you don\u2019t want indefinitely unless you tell it to stop.<\/p>\n<p>For example: downloading and uploading files. Many programs today automatically configure themselves to download software updates. (Some even automatically install the updates.) But each time one of these programs downloads an update, it slows down your Internet speed.<\/p>\n<p>Worse, more and more legitimate programs\u2014such as World of Warcraft\u2014are also using your computer to share program updates with other computers. Whenever a software update is available, World of Warcraft downloads it to your computer and then lets other computers download it from you.<\/p>\n<p>Most home and small business Internet connections are asymmetrical\u2014that means you have much less upload capacity than download capacity, so when programs use your computer to upload files, your Internet connection slows down much faster.<\/p>\n<p>Another set of programs to watch out for is Peer-to-Peer (P2P) file sharing programs such as LimeWire and BitTorrent. If these programs are set to start at boot, they can spend all day uploading files to other people, reducing your Internet speed to a crawl.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/tips4pc.com\/internet-connection-tips\/5-problems-which-cause-slow-internet.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Article Continued Here<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><em>This excerpt appears with permission from Tips4PC.com<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/slowinternet.jpg\" alt=\"slowinternet\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-41620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/slowinternet.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/slowinternet-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The causes of slow Internet vary. Sometimes the simplest solution is just to upgrade your Internet service. But sometimes your slow service is related to an equipment problem or a software screw up. 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