Throttling

[bbchislett]

is there such thing as: physical distance from wireless router causing automatic throttling. i share my internet, and have noticed lately that the download speed has been insanely slow. ran a speed test to find out it was working at around 10% of what it should be. when i brought it up with the person in control of the router, they told me that the router automatically gives slower speeds if you are further away from the router. is there any automatic throttling (or capping, i'm not sure of the terminology) that occurs within a router without a person going in and actually doing it? or am i just being robbed of my money?

 

[Emerald]

is it a wired or wireless connection?

 

[bbchislett]

wireless

 

[Emerald]

the connection speed will drop the further you are away from the router and the more walls the signal has to go through.

does the speed increase if you get closer to the router?

 

[bbchislett]

there's great signal where i am, and the increase (within 5 ft of router) barely increases. and as of today, i spoke to him about it again and he said "ok, i'll try something" and now the speed is back to 18-20 mbps. he said he just reset the router

 

[bbchislett]

the reason why i'm posting is because, it went from 20 mbps when i first moved in, to about 1 mbps for the past few weeks. same room, everytime.