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Bob
My internet speed has slowed considerably in the past few weeks. I have been to several speed test sites and have noticed very different results. Speakeasy reports I'm getting very good speeds (~5000 kbps) but it takes like 30 sec just to start the test. Bandwidthplace, on the other hand, reports that my download speed is only 115 kbps.
I have also noticed an interesting trend when downloading files. It takes an unusually long time to start the download, but once it gets going, the transfer speed is relatively good.
I live in an apartment complex where the internet is provided, so I really don't have any control of it beyond by computer, but I would still like to know what's going on. Does anyone know what might be causing this? And is there anything that I can do on my end to remedy the situation?
Thanks

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