ok guys, its time for me to wake up from this terrible nightmare, my problem is the following: I don't live in the states or anywhere near the states, but in a country famous for its slow internet connection. The best connection speed u can get here from any local ISP is 15kb/s. on an average, all connections share a speed of 10 kb/s, and under some circumstances, it is also considered "normal" for the speed to fall to 4 or 5 kb/s occasionally. The ISPs comment: "The more you pay, the more you get", and I find that hard to believe. They tell you they can significantly increase your bandwidth if u increase your payments, but they are already charging people 40$ per month for a 10kb/s connection! Couple of days ago, I was SHOCKED: For the first time, I decided to see how would the connection do at 5 AM in the morning (of course, at that time, all or most of the subscribers are offline). I tried to download a program, and out of no where, the download speed averaged 150kb/s !!! This never ever (and I mean NEVER EVER) happened to me or to anyone I know who lives where I live. And it proved to me one thing: the network is " capable" of handling such speeds (because the connection remained like that until 8 am, after which it started to decline to reach 10 kb/s again (which makes sense because more and more users will be logging online after 8 am). I observed my internet connection for 3 days (and now my eyes hurt because I didn’t get enough sleep for the past 3 days lol) and I noticed the same pattern: between 3 am and 8 am, the connection can reach 150kb/s, and in the worst cases, 100kb/s. PLEEEEEAAAAASSSSSEEEEE HHHHEEEELLLLLLLPPPPP!!!!! Am not that good at computers, so can someone explain to me what is going on here? And do anyone know how can I solve this problem? I'm sure there is a way to keep my connection speed like that all the time, probably a unique specialized software can do the trick? Or maybe all it needs is a few changes in my pc network configuration and settings? As u can see, I cannot resolve the problem with my ISP (who obviously doesn't care and consider 10 kb/s to be the norm and a great connection speed for 40$ per month) again, any help is really REALLY appreciated!…. You may need the following information: ~ I have a wireless internet connection. ~ My connection icon in the system tray shows: "Speed: 100.0 Mbps" Thank u all in advance :)

When you say Wireless Internet connection, is that wi-fi or wi-max. If the latter then you are probably getting just what you are paying for. 100 Mbs suggest 802.11n Wi-fi in which case you must have a wireless router connected to a ADSL line. It is to be expected that your speed will go up during the early hours of the morning as there are less users. If your ISP doesn't have the infrastructure to support a higher speed with many users during the day then there is little you can do about it. So which country are you in that charges such high rates for abysmal speeds? Stuart

honestly, I don't really know how to differentiate a wi-fi from a wi-max. All i know is the my ISP installed a small wireless machine like any other subscriber on the rooftop to communicate with a nearby access-point; the machine have these information on it: "11G Station Adapter IAP - 802.11g 54Mbps - H/W REV: 1.0" I live in Lebanon (middle east), and all local ISPs here provide pretty much the same service. There are International Companies that provide good connection speeds, but the prices are unaffordable, these Internet services are basically provided for large corporations, not normal citizens like us. Its just that I got very excited when i saw my connection significantly increase like that between 5 & 9 Am, and I thought that someone who knows better than me in these stuff must know a software to keep my connection stable like that all the time. I already tried some lame programs but no luck. Couldn't there be any software available created for this specific problem?