Right now up in the great white north their is battle going on in the internet world. Its not as intense as the ongoing cell phone battle which thankfully is driving prices down.
Hopefully the same thing will happen in the internet service provider world because prices seem to be a little bit to high for the average home user. With prices over$40 per month for most high speed internet access packages the total bill adds up by the end of the year. Thats $500 to acccess the internet over 12 months.
With that in mind its important that once you buy an internet package you should perform an internet speed test to make you are receiving what was promised to you. When you see all those commercials and read the printed material provided by your internet service provider everything looks easy. But in reality sometimes their are technical issues that cause slow internet access. You need to test your internet speed at least once a month to make sure your speed has not dropped.
There are various quick fixes that you can check out to see if something is slowing down your access speed. Sometimes its a simple issue related to your modem and how its set up. Also your modem could be storing to much information in its cache so its slowing down your internet connection speeds. Also make sure that your modem is secure if you have a wireless set up.