Why Does My Internet Slow Down at Night?
Have you ever come home after a long day at the office wanting to just relax and stream a movie on Netflix? Ever since video stores become a thing of the past, streaming movies and shows are the way to go. So, you change into your pajamas, pop some popcorn, and press play on your mobile device. You are about 20 minutes into the movie when…bam! You are hit with a buffer screen. You just roll your eyes and wait for it to buffer so you can continue the movie. After waiting a minute or so, the movie continues. Then stops. Again! This is what we like to call the “buffer dance.” You soon find out that it will be impossible to finish watching this movie tonight while also keeping your sanity. Traffic We are willing to bet that many of you have noticed your internet slows way down at night. This is because of one simple word: traffic. Internet traffic refers to the number of users on the same server/provider at any given time. When there are a lot of people using a server at the sam...