Have you been noticing that a strain on your home Internet service over the past few months? It could be due to having slow transfer speeds due to your service plan. Here are a few reasons why you might want or even need to increase your speeds for a faster connection.

Multiple People Working From Home

Your Internet connection may have been fine prior to the recent pandemic, but having multiple people at home all day and working at the same time could put a strain on your Internet connection due to the speed cap. You'll notice this the most if multiple people need to jump on a video conference call at the same time. The quality of the audio and video makes it very hard to communicate with your coworkers.

Transferring Large Files

Do you need to transfer a lot of large data files but notice that they are downloading or uploading at speeds that are slower than your liking? Consider a speed boost to get around this problem. This may be more of an issue if you were doing a lot of file syncing with work computers, and now you are downloading many more files than you were in the past. 

Watching 4K Video 

You may not realize that 4K video streaming requires much more bandwidth than your traditional HD video streaming at 1080p resolutions. If you have recently upgraded to a 4K streaming video service, or just started using it more because you upgraded to a 4K TV, then you could benefit from faster transfer speeds. You may not notice the problem when streaming 4K shows on your own. However, you might run into issues when other people are trying to do the same thing in another room or when another task is being done using the Internet connection. You may notice buffering or that the picture quality drops down to HD because your streaming device does not have the necessary bandwidth. 

Gaming Online

Do you like to play video games online? If so, you may be familiar with how your slow Internet speeds may be interfering in your competitive online games. Not having a fast connection can result in latency between when you do something in the game on your end and that action is transferred to your opponents. Consider a faster Internet connection that includes faster upload speeds to prevent this problem from happening in the future.

If your internet speeds aren't where you want them, check out home internet services in your area for more options.