Tech Advisor - UK (2020-07)

JULY 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 35

to theadvertisedpriceofwhatyoushouldbereceiving.
Do you have too little bandwidth? Or too much?
Servicesthatyouaren’tusing?Figureoutyourcurrent
needsandtalktoyourISP.Don’tbeafraidtoaskfora
lowerprice,andnegotiate down the price or services
to saveafewpounds.

Assess your streams. You may have a massive amount
of bandwidthcomingintoyourhome,butyourevening
Netflixbingecan’tgiveyouthe4Kyouwereexpecting
becauseotherdevicesaretakingtheirchunkofthepie.
MaybeyourISPis givingyou200Mb/softhroughput
intoyourhome,butyourolderrouter(802.11b,
802.11g,oreven802.11n)can’tkeepup.An802.11n

Checking your broadband

Internet speed is literally as

simple as typing in ‘speed test’

into a search engine like Bing