📎 AI Summary:
The user j3rm0ff reports intermittent internet connectivity issues on a wired campus network, experiencing sudden drops from fast speeds to near itty-bitty levels. Respondents inquire about the connection type, security software, and specific patterns, with one suggesting that shared broadband could impact bandwidth stability. Overall, the discussion centers on troubleshooting potential causes of the random internet slowdowns.

j3rm0ff

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Thread Author #1
Hello, ive used these forums before for searching stuff but this is my first post. I am having problems with internet connectivity. the internet will be going fast as usual and download 700-800kbps then out of nowhere drop to 2-3 kbps and web pages will barely load and connection timeout error comes up alot
 

Joe S

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What kind of connection? Wired or wireless? Networked? Is this happening at certain times? What kind of security software?
Joe
 

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j3rm0ff

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Thread Author #3
wired. campus network. and no its just randomly. I use avg thats all.
 

barker1964

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Nov 22, 2010
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Is the connection broaddband or dsl, remember that broadband is a shared bandwidth.