How to troubleshoot Warwickshire Live broadband speed issues

Before you begin troubleshooting the performance of your Warwickshire Live internet connection, we recommend that you perform a Warwickshire Live Broadband Speed Test to measure your current connection speed.

Also find out the minimum download speed you are paying for from Warwickshire Live.

You can find this info by checking your Warwickshire Live broadband bill, your Warwickshire Live contract or by contacting Warwickshire Live.

Potential causes of Warwickshire Live’s slow internet speed

Is it your Warwickshire Live broadband that is slow or is it your device (PC/laptop/phone)?

You need to consider the number of apps are running on your device.

The speed problem could be due to over-utilisation of your device’s resources i.e RAM/memory/CPU and as opposed to a problem with Warwickshire Live’s broadband connection.

If you’re on a laptop then you can use the task manager to check your Processor and Memory utilization.

On other device, you should try restarting the device which hopefully will shut down all apps that may be using up your systems resources.

Re-run the Warwickshire Live Speed checker on your computer and your mobile phone to see how the speedtest results compare between the two devices.

This should hopefully provide you with more information to work with in terms of whether the issue lies with your device or the Warwickshire Live broadband connection.

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Is the Wifi the problem?

The root cause of the performance issue may be your internal Wifi network and not the Warwickshire Live broadband connection.

You could rule out the Wifi network by connecting your computer directly to the Warwickshire Live broadband router using a network cable and run the Warwickshire Live Speed test again.

If the performance improves when you are connected using an ethernet cable, this shows that the problem could be with your wireless network.

A few other things to look further into:

• Are the WiFi channels that you’re using for your Wifi network (SSID) overlapping with the neighbours?
• Is the Wifi signal from the wireless router obstructed?
• Does your performance improve when your are standing right in-front of the Warwickshire Live broadband router?

Who’s connected to my Wifi network?

Have you checked that your Wi-Fi network password has not been compromised? Do you have an open Wi-Fi network? How secure is your wireless network password? It may be time to change it.

Neighbors could be on your Wifi network and using up all your Warwickshire Live speed by downloading, uploading or even streaming music or videos on your Warwickshire Live internet connection! Worse than that, they could be carrying out illegal activities on your Warwickshire Live internet connection.

There are three applications to utlise to scan your wireless network to check who’s connected:

• Windows users can use Wireless network watcher
• Apple users can use whoFi (who is on my Wifi)
• wifi network troubleshooting tool WiFi Analyzer

The above applications will scan your Wifi network and display a list of the everything on your wifi.

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Should I get a wireless booster for my Warwickshire Live broadband?

If you discover that there are Wi-Fi coverage gaps at your property, a Wifi network extender also known as a Wifi Booster may be the best fix to strengthen your Wifi signal to cover any black holes.

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The wireless booster simply picks up the existing wireless signal as it is starting to become weaker and re-transmits the wireless signal to increase it’s reach.

Place the wireless network extender where your wireless network signal from your Warwickshire Live broadband router is becoming weaker.

Place it near where your Wifi signal is dropping down to less than two bars. Walk around your property with a mobile phone to find where this is.

When was the last time you upgraded the Warwickshire Live broadband router?

The Warwickshire Live and broadband infrastructure, in general, are constantly upgraded to support new features and improve performance as technology evolves.  Ensure that your Warwickshire Live broadband internet router is running on the most up to date software.

The majority of Warwickshire Live internet routers allow you to perform the software update by simply logging into the Warwickshire Live broadband router and simply clicking on a button to perform the upgrade.

If you can’t do this, get in touch with Warwickshire Live and they will be able to perform the upgrade for you or talk you through the process.

As well as upgrading the software, if you have had the same router for a long time, it is worth speaking to Warwickshire Live to ask for a hardware upgrade.

Is the root cause of the issue external to your home (at the exchange)?

This is probably the most common cause for Warwickshire Live broadband performance problems in your home and is more common for internet broadband connections that are delivered through phone lines.

If you’re not sure if this is relevant in your case, you should contact Warwickshire Live who will be able to run the relevant connection tests to check if there is a issue on the Warwickshire Live broadband connection.

Is it because of Warwickshire Live broadband congestion?

If you’re finding that the Warwickshire Live broadband connection speed in your area is slows down during certain periods e.g weekends and evenings, then it may be because of congestion during peak hours.

• What’s Broadband Contention Ratio and does Warwickshire Live have contention?

You should contact Warwickshire Live to check your minimum speed.

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Re-testing your Warwickshire Live internet connection

After the problem has been resolved either by yourself or Warwickshire Live, re-test your broadband connection using  at least two independent Speedtests to ensure the problem is resolved:

• • Use the ookla internet broadband speed test to test your Warwickshire Live connection
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