Internet very slow at points?

Zeebedy · 2025-09-21T12:21:03+0100

hey guys,

I am having some issues with my internet..using a cat6 Ethernet cable.

sometimes webpages seem to take an age to load in, plus in online games the occasional rubber-banding.. now i have terrible speeds, around 70 meg and on the EE platform.

can a cable just suddenly go "bad"?

im going to order a new one i think to test out, as i dont think this one is the best quality anyways..

anything else i can try guys?

throwaway4372 · 2025-09-21T12:32:27+0100

What speed are you paying for?

Very unlikely that it's anything to do with a cable if it was working fine before.

Zeebedy · 2025-09-21T12:34:28+0100

throwaway4372 said:
What speed are you paying for?

Very unlikely that it's anything to do with a cable if it was working fine before.

im paying for 70meg. its the most i can get in my area.

yeah i was thinking that, i have noticed from previous cable management though the cable has a few "kinks" could this be an issue?

throwaway4372 · 2025-09-21T12:36:00+0100

Post your speedtest result.

Zeebedy · 2025-09-21T12:54:28+0100

throwaway4372 said:
Post your speedtest result.

Zeebedy · 2025-09-21T13:01:18+0100

my mother is on her mac now and again.

can having a extra device being used along with my internet speeds cause this? just one extra device? surely not?

throwaway4372 · 2025-09-21T13:04:32+0100

Does the speedtest result change when you are having the issue? If so post it when the issue is occurring.

Armageus · 2025-09-21T13:11:25+0100

Zeebedy said:
my mother is on her mac now and again.

can having a extra device being used along with my internet speeds cause this? just one extra device? surely not?

Yes absolutely - even just opening a web page causes a burst of traffic that will saturate your connection and delay gaming packets enough to cause issues

Ideally you need to implement qos, bandwidth limiting/shaping or other combinations to better share a low bandwidth connection

Zeebedy · 2025-09-21T14:51:46+0100

throwaway4372 said:
Does the speedtest result change when you are having the issue? If so post it when the issue is occurring.

It happens for a split second, can’t really do a test to pinpoint that.

Armageus said:
Yes absolutely - even just opening a web page causes a burst of traffic that will saturate your connection and delay gaming packets enough to cause issues

Ideally you need to implement qos, bandwidth limiting/shaping or other combinations to better share a low bandwidth connection

Oh really. Wow. Not a lot I can do in that regard unfortunately. Will keep an eye on it but rather frustrating.

edGfaCTor · 2025-09-21T15:39:07+0100

Routers/modems can be issues at times as well.

I found some of the provided ones can be garbage they cant handle many devices especially if wireless.

The true way to know if you have issues is to use a proper monitor device and keep track.

Zeebedy · 2025-09-21T15:57:39+0100

edGfaCTor said:
Routers/modems can be issues at times as well.

I found some of the provided ones can be garbage they cant handle many devices especially if wireless.

The true way to know if you have issues is to use a proper monitor device and keep track.

yeah, I dont have a lot of experience in this, but, i moved from VodaFone to EE once the contract was up, never had an issue, but a few hickups with EE in comparison.