Internet speed extremely slow, occurring for days now, please help!?

[J D]

I use Time Warner. My plan provides me with 20 mb (download), and 3 mb (upload). I understand this is not guaranteed to get, but as of late, my internet speeds have been unusually slow as compared to how they normally are. I have a top shelf N router (i could add specifications if needed), and the best modem that Time Warner has to offer, so I doubt it is anything in hardware fallacy. In the past maybe 5 days, my internet speeds have been around 1.5 mb download, and 1.3 upload. This is constant, night and day, and with many people in the house on, or only me. I would understand my speeds slowing down at times due to maintenance or having a lot of users on at once, but 5 days straight of this seems a bit unusual. Anyone have any ideas that could be the problem? Thanks!

[Joel]

Sometimes the computer applications might be slowing down your speed. You can download TCPView and find out what applications are currently using your internet traffic. You can even terminate those processes from TCPView which you feel is unnecessary.

Eg: Some updates run without my prior consent. I open TCPView and terminate those which I feel unnecessary. It increases my browsing speed.
It is lightweight and convenient software. (it has been tested by Microsoft)

Download link: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-in/sysin...97437.aspx

[LifeIsLife]

It can be because of other frequency interfering with the network connection. An example would be a wireless house phone that's on a 2.4 ghz frequency. That would interrupt the connection. To fix that, you can change the channel on the router. I'm sure you can find out how to change the channel of your router online. The internet is full of information. As for your internet plan, it is pretty low. If it's not the frequency, I suggest you reset the router. And if that doesn't work, you can try to connect a wire to see if the connection is fast again. If it is then there is something with your computer but if it's not the case, then it's the router or your internet provider. If that's the case, I suggest you call your internet provider about the problem. I have had this problem before and it was because of the router channel being interfered through wireless connection. So you might have had the same problem if you're using wifi.

[Boss]

Best to call your ISP.