The Official Computer Tech Support Thread

Chula Vista · 03-16-2018, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey

Try different browser, disabled any VPN, restart laptop, try connecting to another hotspot to see if it's the 4G or the laptop.

My guess would be your laptop is the problem not the 4G.

Ya, the phone is running golden by itself.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 03-16-2018, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Ya, the phone is running golden by itself.

You got anything running that could be slowing the laptop down?

Is it a decent laptop?

Plankton · 03-16-2018, 10:41 AM

Try tethering via USB instead of wireless. It's usually a bit faster since it's a direct connection.

The Batlord · 03-16-2018, 10:41 AM

Have you tried turning it on and off?

Plankton · 03-16-2018, 10:45 AM

Have you removed all of your jewellery?

Chula Vista · 04-02-2018, 09:42 PM

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.

The Batlord · 04-03-2018, 03:06 AM

Have you tried turning it on and off?

Plankton · 04-03-2018, 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

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.

Chula Vista · 04-03-2018, 10:19 AM

Thanks!

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

Plankton · 04-03-2018, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Thanks!

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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Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Thanks! Ping: 62 ms Download: 0.39 Mbps Upload: 0.51 Mbps __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”