Your Internet sometimes working great but at evening gets sluggish? TV buffering, the voice gets robotic when speaking via WhatsApp, Skype, Messenger?
There are many potential causes of that. In contrary to how it looks, usually it is not really an internet connection problem. Sale representatives say that it is a coper line problem. Why a copper line could perform worse at evening time? Yes, upgrading to full fibre connection might improve stability, but not with all service providers. Actually, can happen that with faster connection speed it gets more unstable. Why it can be but with all providers the same if most of them use the same Openreach network? One reason could be your router’s processor overheating because of the high load of network address translation (NAT) decisions.
Businesses are in the business of making money and internet service providers are businesses. Supplying a customer with the best possible router is not great for making money. The ISP might not regain the router’s cost in 10 years. Frankly, most customers would not notice a difference in performance because they use a maximum of 10% of provided speed. Indeed, all service providers are in the business of balancing performance versus cost. Why should they supply to customers hardware with a great performance reserve?
Does not sound good, but it is actually good news. If there are similar problems with all ISPs, then the solution could be not to keep switching providers expecting for the next will be better. Perhaps investing a little into your own network equipment would be a better solution. Why people must invest in equipment which is supposed to be supplied by ISP?
Public transport is the most efficient way to travel. Why do people invest in cars, and take responsibility for their upkeep, insurance, and road tax? The same way supplied by the ISP router could be not the right solution for everybody’s need for performance and functionality.
We can help you tailor your network equipment to your needs. Also, we can help you provide proof.