Is changing to an ethernet cable worth it?
  • bxbhulk
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    Is changing to an ethernet cable worth it?

    by bxbhulk » Fri Jul 24, 2026 8:15 pm

    My town doesn't have good internet access. For years now, I've been having a problem with our wifi prioritizing my roommate's computer, probably because he's nearer to the wifi box. I'm sick of not being able to use my computer at the same time as him. I would like faster speed too. As-is, it literally takes 24 hours to download a game as big as skyrim (which is getting rather annoying since I'm having to re-install everything due to switching operating systems).

    I don't know what my speed is, but at best steam downloads games at about 500 kbs. Looking up cables, it keeps mentioning gb per second. I've also read that if my internet is slower than that, switching to a cable isn't going to help with that at all. Also, looking up cables, one the length I would need would cost dozens of dollars.

    Would a cable really fix anything? And no, I have the best internet in town, so it can't get better than this. I used to play mobas, until I realized my internet speed was causing delay. My game was running far faster than everyone else's. I didn't have nearly enough time to react to things, and my opponents could even cancel actions I made that shouldn't be cancellable (that was because on their computer, I was just standing there, while on mine my character was doing the animation). Now I'm thinking into getting into fighting games, but I don't see how I could play one with my shitty internet speed. Also, as said I'm beyond sick of things taking an entire day to download, and the stupid wifi not working for me if there's more than one device connected.

    Would this solve my problems or is it not worth it?


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