
Use a VPN provider to hide your data so that the ISP can't detect your habits and throttle your bandwidth. For example, many ISPs limit connections that download movies or dial down everything if you consume more than your monthly allotment.


If you're gaming or streaming movies, switch to a closer server (if that's an option). Your location and distance from the server: Particularly for people in rural settings, the more distance the signal travels, the more your data encounters bottlenecks across the many hops to reach your device.

The less bandwidth that's split between all users, the more bandwidth each user will have, which translates to faster internet for everyone. Have the other users pause their downloads, streams, or uploads, or have them install an app with bandwidth control.

Network congestion: If you share a network with other users, specifically ones that play online games, stream Netflix and YouTube, broadcast live video, and download large software programs, you'll experience a slowdown.
