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Old 04-03-2018, 04:06 AM   #1921 (permalink)
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Have you tried turning it on and off?
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Old 04-03-2018, 07:20 AM   #1922 (permalink)
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Maybe some of you younger punks can help me out.

There's no cable or internet where I'm staying. My Verizon 4G LTE phone is getting 3 bars and working great. I have a booster for it that I need to install that'll make the signal even better.

But using it as a mobile hotspot so I can get internet on my computer sucks. The laptop is running like ****, especially with videos, pictures, anything with lots of graphics. Even trying to do work off of our cloud is excruciating.

What's my best option for improving the internet on my PC? Satellite? I'm reading mixed reviews about that. I need a gadget that'll get me good streaming speeds both in and out.
I'm no young punk, but maybe I can help.

It sounds like your random access memory is too low or being used up on the PC side, but run a speed test to see whats up with your connection:

Speedtest by Ookla - The Global Broadband Speed Test

Post up your results from that along with the specs on your PC and we'll go from there.
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Old 04-03-2018, 11:19 AM   #1923 (permalink)
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Thanks!

Ping: 62 ms
Download: 0.39 Mbps
Upload: 0.51 Mbps

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Old 04-03-2018, 11:41 AM   #1924 (permalink)
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Ping: 62 ms
Download: 0.39 Mbps
Upload: 0.51 Mbps
There's the problem (I just wanted to make sure it wasn't a RAM issue), and after some digging it looks like Verizon caps out at around 0.68 mbps when tethered, even with an unlimited plan. Maybe look into the Verizon Jetpack, but I don't know if it works with your current Verizon plan or not.

That's the extent of it as far as I can tell. Good luck.
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Old 04-03-2018, 12:38 PM   #1925 (permalink)
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Again, thanks a lot.
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Old 04-03-2018, 01:22 PM   #1926 (permalink)
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Is this seriously acceptable to you guys? My provider, Virgin, gives me 360 mbps, which sometimes drops to 200 but usually not much below that. Anyone giving me that low a speed and ****ty ping I'd be ditching forthwith.
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Old 04-03-2018, 01:27 PM   #1927 (permalink)
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Is this seriously acceptable to you guys? My provider, Virgin, gives me 360 mbps, which sometimes drops to 200 but usually not much below that. Anyone giving me that low a speed and ****ty ping I'd be ditching forthwith.
We're talking about cell phone bandwidth, not home internet.
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Old 04-03-2018, 01:28 PM   #1928 (permalink)
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Old 04-03-2018, 01:41 PM   #1929 (permalink)
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After a few phone calls with Verizon we got it sorted out. I just need to upgrade from Go Unlimited to Beyond Unlimited and I should be tons faster. Extra $10 a month = no brainer.
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We're talking about cell phone bandwidth, not home internet.
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