Internet usage has increased due to Coronavirus lockdown. Especially Wi-Fi and mobile data are being used a lot. Many users are doing work from home i.e. work from home. Apart from this, people are also using the internet a lot to watch movies and shows, play games. In such a situation, internet speed decreases and we have brought tips to increase it.
The lockdown imposed due to Coronavirus has now been relaxed, but a lot of users are still working from home and are avoiding getting out. Internet usage has also increased manifold during this period. Users are also using the internet a lot for online gaming, work from home, and for watching videos on streaming platforms. However, more than ever, the upload and download speed of the Internet has also become a reason. If your internet speed is slow, then we have brought tips to fix it.
How to check internet speed?
To do internet speed check on a desktop or laptop, you need to go to a web browser and go to any speed testing website like speedtest.net or fast.com. After this, you will automatically see the download and upload speed. On mobile, you can open these sites in the browser, or you can also test by downloading apps from Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
Wifi speed will be better
- If you are doing work-from-home and the maximum speed of your 2Mbps plan is 100Mbps then you will not get maximum speed due to workload. In such a situation, you can talk to the Internet service provider and choose a better plan.
- In addition to this, the router becomes hot due to being constantly online and many operation issues may come up. In this case, rebooting the Wi-Fi router may work.
- If the speed is not better even after this, then you should connect fewer devices to Wi-Fi at one time, this way you can get better speed.
- Also, if a device connected to Wi-Fi is getting updated, the speed on other devices can be reduced rapidly. Pay attention to this as well.
In this way increase the speed of mobile data
- First of all, see if your device is getting full signal or not, it affects speed.
- Check if you have not finished the daily data, many times playing the game or watching a movie ends the data in a few hours, and the speed decreases.
- After turning off the airplane mode of the device several times, turning on provides better speed as the network is again connected to the closest tower.
- Speed decreases even during mobile updates, in such a way that apps do not run in the background and if there are no updates, you will get better speed.
- Changing the network settings of the device many times gives better speed, you can reset it and reboot the device if you want.