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5 Ways To Improve Your Internet Connection
5 Ways To Improve Your Internet Connection
It’s no secret that most people in the UK go online daily, whether this is at home, work, or on a mobile device while we’re on the go. As you can imagine, the quality of our connection to the Internet can get affected by all kinds of things.
If you only use the Internet to do general Web browsing, a slow or unreliable connection can become frustrating after a while. But, if you need to go online as part of your work, a poor Internet connection could soon become a serious problem!
So, with those thoughts in mind, how can you make sure your Internet connection is as stable as possible? And what steps can you take to maintain such connections? Take a look at these five methods for some inspiration:
1. Check your internal wiring
If you’ve noticed that your Internet connection has become nothing short of mediocre these days, your first port of call should be to check your internal wiring. In a nutshell, these are the wires that connect your devices and broadband or fibre router to the outside world. Did you know that even a slightly frayed wire can have a devastating impact on the quality of your Internet connection?
2. Check your external wiring
Next, you should make sure that any wiring outside of your home or office is intact. For many Internet users, that usually means doing a visual inspection of phone lines going up to telegraph poles. Thorough checks will typically need to get done by whoever provides your telephone or Internet service. In some cases, you might find that recent works outside of your building may have damaged fibre cables running into it, in which case you’ll need to get a company to carry out some fibre network repair.
3. Check your WiFi connections
Assuming that your internal and external wiring is okay, the next step is to ensure that any wireless connections to the Internet are strong and stable. The thing about WiFi is that signals can degrade, especially between floors and even rooms on the same floor. There are a few ways of improving WiFi connections, such as:
- Installing extra wireless access points (repeaters) in dead zones with a limited signal;
- Upgrading wireless routers to newer wireless 802.11ac technology;
- Ensuring that WiFi networks aren’t using the same channels as other nearby ones.
4. Check your Internet speed
Do you have the right connection speed for your needs? You might not realise it, but if you’ve got lots of people sharing the same connection, the speed could be slow with more users simultaneously going online! The good news is that you can easily upgrade your Internet speed by contacting your Internet Service Provider.
5. Check your devices for viruses
Last, but not least, make sure that any computers, tablets and smartphones are virus-free. If anything you use has malware (malicious software) installed, it could be slowing down your Internet connection without you even realising it. Good luck!