Internet Info

[booma]

I have 4mb of internet speed but can still rarely make video calls on Skype and, sometimes, cannot even make audio calls.

I live in a condo complex and am aware that I share my connection, but why am I paying for the extra bandwidth (normally 2mb) and still getting shitty results?

Are there any settings I can make on my computer to speed my internet up before I go and let lose on the management?

If there are, it would save any red faces.

Thanks in advance,

B

[innerspace]

do you buy direct from the provider or from the condo?

If from the condo then you will share a connection which is also shared due to contention.

This will have a serious impact if other people in the condo are heavy users.

If you buy from the provider you will have contention but less of an impact from heavy users.

Higher speeds are unlikely to help skype. 0.1Mbps is plenty for skype, it is the quality of the connection that affects calls.