Is it just me or does the internet slow down significantly at night?

Colleges & Universities University of California - Santa Barbara
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<p>During the day I have speeds of around 2 mb/s when I stream video. At night I get like 100kb/s, what gives?</p>

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<p>i noticed that when i was living in the dorms my freshman year… it noticeably slows down at night :(. i think it’s because many people use the internet at that time, compared to during the day when they have classes/work/etc…</p>

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<p>Resnet sucks. The more people on it, the more noticeable the lag is. Its killed me some nights with MasteringPhysics/WebAssign.</p>

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<p>invest some money for a long ethernet cable, it’s really worth it</p>

5

<p>Mastering physics= ALL MY RAGE I hate that program so much.</p>

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<p>The internet is unbelievably slow at night it’s not just you. Most of the time I head to the library for a while if I want to watch a video.</p>

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<p>Ya people definitely log on in the evening and it shows. Iv been told that people start to download torrents significantly slowing internet between 11-midnight after which the internet speed starts to improve.</p>