most systems get clogged up and slow down as the number of users increase, especially DSL lines. i have fiber optic rated at 100 mbps, but which have a best performance of about 82-84 with little overhead on a tester (not when connected to my computer). My real time performance is somewhere about 52 to 56 mbps and the good thing about the system I am on, there are only eight parties allowed on one line, reducing the potential reductions in speed. Anyway, my wireless system in the home will generally run between 54 and 36 mbps, which is generally fast enough when I am fiddling about on my notebook PC. I used to have ADSL, with all the problems you alluded to (11 pm was always a big drop in performance!), but moving to fiber optic has been pretty rewarding. Course, this is the land of high tech, so they say.
07-Sep-2009, 08:19 
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