INTERNET SPEEDS ROM LEW IS 8-3
Dec 24, 2015
RESEARCH
I found that some people need faster internet because of the way they use it. If you do a lot of things on the internet, you will need a faster speed, so you can do multiple things at once without being slowed down. A lot of things use the home internet connection. One of them is the phone. The VOIP phone uses the internet to make phone calls instead of telephone wires. A Microcell uses the internet to route cell phone traffic so you can get a better signal at home. Any streaming video service plays movies over the internet. If you want to be able to watch a Netflix movie without buffering, you should get a faster speed.
The quality of your online experience is affected by your internet speed. If you want to watch a show in HD, you should get a faster speed, so you can watch more. Also, videos will buffer less if you have a faster speed. The voice quality will be better if you have a faster connection.
MATERIALS
• 1 Arris NVG589 RG (Residential Gateway/Modem-Router)
• 1 Cisco ISB7005 Wireless Cable Box
• 1 MacBook Air & USB Ethernet Adapter
• 1 Ooma Telo
• 1 Cordless Phone
• 1 AT&T 3G Microcell
• 1 Motorola VAP2500 Wireless Access Point
• I Smart Phone
• 1 Apple TV
• 1 Sony TV
PROCEDURE
1. Unplug everything except the DSL and power cable from the NVG589 modem
2. Take the MacBook Air and plug in the Cat5e cable into one of the yellow ethernet ports on the NVG589 and the USB Adapter
3. Open Safari on the iMac and go to 192.168.1.254
4. Click on Home Network
5. Click Wireless
6. Enter Access Code
7. Turn Wireless off
8. Click Save
9. Reset Safari
PROCEDURE CONTINUED
10. Go to www.att.com/speedtest
11. Run a speedtest
12.Write down results
13. Plug Ooma back into the NVG589
14. Make a phone call on the house phone
15.Repeat steps 10-12 while still on the phone
16. Hang up the phone
17.Unplug the Ooma from the NVG589
18. Plug the AT&T 3G MicroCell into the NVG589
19.Use a Cell Phone to make a call
PROCEDURE CONTINUED
20. Repeat steps 10-12 while still on the phone
21. Unplug the MicroCell from the NVG589
22. Plug the VAP2500 into the NVG589
23.Turn on a Cable Box and watch something in HD
24. Repeat 10-12
25.Change channel to SD
26.Repeat 10-12
27.Unplug VAP2500 from NVG589
28. Turn the NVG589 Wireless on
29. Change Wi-Fi network name to ATTtest and password to attpassword
PROCEDURE CONTINUED
30. Go to Apple TV and change Wi-Fi network to ATTtest
31. Watch a Netflix movie
32. Repeat 10-12 while watching the movie
33. Change Wi-Fi network name and password on the NVG589 to the original
34. Plug the Coax and Ethernet cables into the NVG589
35. Repeat steps 10-12 with everything plugged into the NVG589
OBSERVATIONS
• When I was making the phone calls, the upload speed went down and the download speed went up.
• Netflix uses less bandwidth than SDTV
• HDTV uses the most bandwidth
• MicroCell calls use the least bandwidth
CHART
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CONCLUSION
My IV was the devices using the internet. The DV was the internet speed. The controls were: same computer, same speedtest server, same connection.
My data shows that the more devices using the internet, the less available bandwidth.