# Internet SLOW for anyone this afternoon besides me **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 9, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-slow-for-anyone-this-afternoon-besides-me/680922 "2014-02-09T21:09:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-slow-for-anyone-this-afternoon-besides-me/680922/1 "2014-02-09T21:09:28Z")
It’s been sucking for about 3-4 hours now. Most noticible when watching something like youtube. Or is there something on my machine? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-slow-for-anyone-this-afternoon-besides-me/680922/2 "2014-02-09T21:45:54Z")
There are a lot of variables between your keyboard and your browser when it comes to connecting to the internet. Your computer, your browser, your router, your modem, your ISP, their path to the site(s) in question. Unless someone on the SDMB lives in your neighborhood and uses the same ISP, there’s little value in asking the Rest Of The World whether or not their specific configuration for connecting to the Internet is also slow. People can stop by here and give ya tips on how to check your connection for problems, though. I don’t seem to have any useful advice on the subject at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-slow-for-anyone-this-afternoon-besides-me/680922/3 "2014-02-09T21:48:02Z")
For starters, try this: [http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/](http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-slow-for-anyone-this-afternoon-besides-me/680922/4 "2014-02-09T22:05:32Z")
Mine’s been a little slower than usual over the past few days. I think it’s because of the Olympics and the resultant increased traffic. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-slow-for-anyone-this-afternoon-besides-me/680922/5 "2014-02-10T19:08:19Z")
Are you on Comcast? I saw others complaining about it, mostly concerning Netflix and YouTube. The theory is that Verizon and Comcast are throttling high-traffic sites, and Verizon just won a court case that seems to back their right to go against Net Neutrality. Net Neutrality is the concept that ISPs can’t favor one sort of traffic over another. [Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters](http://slashdot.org/topic/datacenter/court-strikes-down-net-neutrality-netflix/) ---
**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-slow-for-anyone-this-afternoon-besides-me/680922/6 "2014-02-10T19:12:15Z")
Jen broke it. 😃 (An IT Crowd in-joke) ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-slow-for-anyone-this-afternoon-besides-me/680922/7 "2014-02-10T21:18:26Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > Are you on Comcast? I saw others complaining about it, mostly concerning Netflix and YouTube. The theory is that Verizon and Comcast are throttling high-traffic sites, and Verizon just won a court case that seems to back their right to go against Net Neutrality. Net Neutrality is the concept that ISPs can’t favor one sort of traffic over another. [Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters](http://slashdot.org/topic/datacenter/court-strikes-down-net-neutrality-netflix/) Nope, Roadrunner. It got amazingly better about 8PM EST last night. Been super fast all day today. ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-slow-for-anyone-this-afternoon-besides-me/680922/8 "2014-02-10T23:29:24Z")
A great joke opportunity was missed here. No one should’ve answered for a day or two, and then posted “I know! I’ve been having problems too!” tsk tsk ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-slow-for-anyone-this-afternoon-besides-me/680922/9 "2014-02-11T04:40:04Z")
I had an extremely slow internet this afternoon for about 15 minutes after it had been going smoothly. I deleted all unnecessary cookies, closed Firefox (which automatically empties the cache), ran CCleaner and tried again. No difference, so I rebooted and still no luck. It ended up fixing itself shortly afterwads. No idea what happened. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-slow-for-anyone-this-afternoon-besides-me/680922/10 "2014-02-11T12:55:11Z")
Was having DNS issues earlier this morning (couldn’t get to most sites). It is better now, but still having issues. Oddly enough, two sites I could get to were my local ISP (understandable) and [yucata.de](http://yucata.de) (online board gaming site) Brian ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-slow-for-anyone-this-afternoon-besides-me/680922/11 "2014-02-11T14:08:52Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > It got amazingly better about 8PM EST last night. Been super fast all day today. Funny, that’s when mine basically tanked. Seems like there’s a quota on the speed and they’re just shuffling it around. \>\_\> ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-slow-for-anyone-this-afternoon-besides-me/680922/12 "2014-02-11T21:12:03Z")
Perhaps [this](http://www.pcworld.com/article/2096720/attackers-use-ntp-reflection-in-huge-ddos-attack.html) was a part of it.