Will replacing my 5 year old internet router increase my internet connection?

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I have had the same old internet phone line modem/ router for atleast 5 years and am getting terrible connections these days, would buying a new one help at all?

[Mehrudin]

buying a new router may solve the problem but its not 100% sure
Your slow connection may also depend on the phone line modem u have, so u should call your internet service and ask them if everything is ok

[Ty Clifford]

Yes and No.

You could definitely do for an upgrade, as newer hardware is always better and ironically a five-year period for routers is acceptable. There could also be something wrong with the line, but if your connection is consistent, then it could just be old hardware.

it does not hurt to try as you could simply return the newly purchased or leased one.

If your Internet is 6 Mb (by the carrier), for example, buying a new router won't make it go 10 Mb.

[DunbarPappy®ϟϟ]

Stop guessing.
Test your Internet services after you've verified all the incoming connections are clean and secure.

Test all your relevant network stats, but pay particular attention to "network buffer measurements" to see what it is:
ICSI Netalyzr: http://netalyzr.icsi.berkeley.edu/
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This takes several minutes to run.

The results will give the entire Network, which includes your ISP, so although your router may be just fine, it could be the ISP config's that are mis-adjusted or could be tweaked. Many's the time a person complains to the ISP, and they flatly deny any responsibility, without actually examining their configs.
Also gives some solutions, based on your results.
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And ;
https://www.grc.com/dns/dns.htm
Read what it does and how it works.

[Shreyas Tandel]

it depends on your data speed.. if your provider said its 10mbps and your speed is only about 100kb then there is a problem either in your router or your cable connection.. try contacting your data provider if he says everything is good then only your router has some defect in it..

[Phillip B]

I was in a houseshare until about a year ago where we had 20meg Virgin in a cabled area, so we knew we had a decent connection from house to Internet.

During the years I was there, it took the five of us about 18 months per wireless router to wear it out. They still worked fairly well wired, but wirelessly it would drop the signal and not allow one back onto it without a switch off/on.

So if you're usually running wireless, try plugging in and seeing how the connection is. If that makes the difference, then it's new router time :-)

[Tech Dude]

It might help, but I would also recommend using new cabling.

[Jose]

Yes and no, it all depends on how fast your plan is, if your plan is faster than what your router can send over wifi, then yes. If not don't buy another one. Back to the first sentence tho, new wifi generations have come up in the past five years. Like g/n/b blah blah blah, which help out with things like wifi sharing , security, and streaming to your tv and stuff. these routers can support crazy fast speeds (if you feed them fast speed internet). Find out your speed first, it should be something like 10mbps-100mbps etc etc, tell a best buy guy. And he will find you a router that can take advantage of that speed