[Software] These programs are making the Internet go slow on your computer: surely you have them

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Regardless of whether we connect via wireless or using an ethernet cable to our router or repeater, if we have certain applications open in the background or simply installed, it is most likely that we will not be able to enjoy the internet speed that we have contracted. Some applications, especially those that run in the background, take up part of our bandwidth, reducing the speed of our computer's Internet connection and impairing the user experience, especially when the main use we make of it is to play online.

If you have any of the applications that we show you below, you should consider reducing their activity or using them only when you know that you are not going to use the computer so that your connection speed is not a problem. The use of these programs affects all the devices connected to the same network, so if it is not our PC that has them installed, we must check the rest of the connected devices.

download programs
If we talk about download programs, we are talking about torrent or Emule type applications (yes, it is still used and works very well). But, in addition, we must also put in the same bag the applications that allow us to download large files in parts. Generally, all these applications run as soon as the PC starts unless we change that option during installation and, due to their nature, they consume a large amount of bandwidth, lengthening the loading times of the videos, reducing their resolution and else.

video calling apps
Another type of program that also affects the quality of our Internet connection are video call applications, applications that generally affect data upload speed more than download speed, so if we are experiencing problems when uploading content to our cloud storage platform, either using the browser or the background application that is responsible for doing it, we must end the call or, if this is important, temporarily remove the video signal until the files have been uploaded. At that time, we can re-enable the video signal.

 

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