Why is my verizon internet speed so slow?

Question

A few days ago i got my internet and they said my download speed was supposed to be 2.65 mbps. However when i tried to download skype for video chat it was going 100KBps. How slow is that so what do i do. My friend he has verizon also same plan same modem but still it goes still about 1mbps thats still faster than mine. BTW i have werizon dsl modem why is it so slow. If they dont make it faster im going to go to comcast so can anyone help.?

Answer 1

You can check your actual speed on sites like www.speedtest.net



Remember that broadband speed is given in megabits per second, Mbps.



But when you download a file it will show in kilobytes per second, KBps.



There are 8 bits in a byte so 100KBps = 800Mbps.

Answer 2

Speed varies a lot depending on how far away you are physically from the Central Office. With online speedtest you have to do it a few times and average the results. Also, it depends on how many people are downloading the same software you are at the same time on the particular server.

Answer 3

Apart from having sufficient RAM and processing speed below are the few tips to deal with slow internet:





Try and user Google chrome Its light weight and fast you can get it for free from the following URL http://www.google.com/chrome

Download any good System Cleaner and Internet Optimizer such as RegInOut from Intel Software Directory (http://ibx.intel.com/directory/ ) to clear Browser history and cache because when the cache gets full, your browsing will slow down. 

Make sure system is free of Mal wares and viruses use Avast free and Malware Bytes (FREE)



Sometimes your DNS server is not fast enough you can experiment with some third party DNS server Such as OpenDNS http://www.opendns.com. I tested this with two ISP connections found it very useful with One of them, didn’t get much difference in case of second ISP.

Always try and use a download manager. There are many free options available

Make sure your system firewall in enable and managed to stop unwanted internet traffic 

You can control access of programs to internet using windows Firewall

Answer 4

Unplug the modem for 15 then plug it back in