Internet speeds: anyone else getting slow connections?

Hey everyone, I’m currently running an ADSL connection clocked at about 10 Mbps down and 0.06 Mbps up—yeah, those upload speeds are basically prehistoric—and I’ve run into a massive headache. Every single time my son starts streaming something on his tablet, my laptop and phone just completely crawl to a halt. It’s not even a "slowdown" anymore; it feels like the entire house loses its connection to the world. It’s getting pretty ridiculous. Does anyone have any advice on how to stop one device from hogging the whole pipe? Thanks!

It’s honestly pretty standard—especially if your son is watching videos in HD, or heaven forbid, Full HD. All that bandwidth just gets sucked up by his stream and YouTube. Plus, once you start adding more devices to the Wi-Fi, it’s no surprise things start feeling sluggish.

Next time he's on YouTube, try clicking that little gear icon on the video player and dropping the quality down to maybe 360p or 480p? That should take some of the pressure off the connection.

Thanks for the input—I’ll give it a shot...