5 Tips to Make Your Internet Speed Faster

1. 5 Tips to Make Your Internet Speed Faster Here are a few simple ways you can enhance your home internet performance, especially during peak times: Check for Router Obstructions Regardless of your Wi-Fi network, obstructions in your home or poor placement of your wireless router can weaken your signal strength. Objects such as metal studs, stone, brick, glass, or lots of floors and walls between your computer and router can interfere with your signal. Secure Your Network People can steal your bandwidth—and slow down your internet—without you even knowing it, especially if you didn’t set up your wireless router correctly. If your network isn’t secure, anyone within its range could be using your internet signal. Check Auto-Updating Programs As you work, your computer runs multiple programs and apps in the background. Automatic updates to these programs could slow down your speed without your knowledge. Scan for Malware After you’ve checked your system for speed-stealing programs, scan your system for viruses. Malware can hog your bandwidth and send virus-embedded emails and other infectious information to others, clogging up your internet in the process. Optimize Your Web Browser Consider using a web browser optimized for fast internet. Browsers such as Firefox provide extensions to stop ads and pop-ups that cause internet lag. Chrome uses minimal memory and doesn’t require Flash and JavaScript, which also slow down your bandwidth. (855) 210-8883 www.ctvforme.com