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Does turning router off every day slow down internet connection?

My mate has been told by a BT technition that turning off your router every day slows down internet speeds.
I turn it off for security(even though PC is turned off at wall socket) and to save electric.
Should I be doing this?
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  • AHAR
    AHAR Posts: 984 Forumite
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    Every time I turn mine off at night and back on the next day it syncs with the exchange at the same speed.
    You can find this speed in your router's internal web admin pages.
  • gord115 wrote: »
    My mate has been told by a BT technition that turning off your router every day slows down internet speeds.
    I turn it off for security(even though PC is turned off at wall socket) and to save electric.
    Should I be doing this?
    nope. does not slow down speeds/ some turn it off at end of day/ if i leave the house for a weekend i do turn off, yes /
    BLOODBATH IN THE EVENING THEN? :shocked: OR PERHAPS THE AFTERNOON? OR THE MORNING? OH, FORGET THIS MALARKEY!

    THE KILLERS :cool:

    THE PUNISHER :dance: MATURE CHEDDAR ADDICT:cool:
  • When I turn my router off my Internet seems to stop completely.
  • When I turn my router off my Internet seems to stop completely.

    O_O i would write letter to mp outrageous!!!!!!!:D

    i have also heard that if router get turned on/off frequently then exchange views it as damaged line and throttle speed, but i do nt know myself, i leave mine on all the time anyways
  • JasX
    JasX Posts: 3,996 Forumite
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    When I first switched to a LLU service I had frequent 'hanging' of my internet (would interrupt for 6 seconds at a time every 3-5 mins)... not noticable really when browsing but would kill and streaming and was a real pain for online gaming.

    After some fidddling by an ISP techie at the exchange the problem reduced and then went away after about a week.

    Powered it off again when I was away on holiday and the problem was back but less severe (1.5s hang every 5 mins or so and went away after 48hrs this time).

    These days I try not to turn it off if I can avoid it to ensure a stable connection.

    However if you only do basic browsing and are not sensitive to minor internet glitches like that no reason to worry about powering off/on. Speed was about the same throughout.
  • boxst
    boxst Posts: 454 Forumite
    If you do this during the first few weeks of your internet connection being active it can slow things down as that is s stabilising period where the line is checked for error blocks, downtime etc...

    After that it shouldn't make any difference. I guess it is possible that the there are further tests, but I haven't heard of such things happening.

    I leave mine on as I can't be bothered to switch it off and have iPhones and Laptops that I want to connect at odd times of the night.


    Steve
  • penrhyn
    penrhyn Posts: 15,215 Forumite
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    BT don't want you to turn off your router because that will lead to dead spots in its FON service which uses some of your bandwidth for the great unwashed to use, for a consideration.:D
    That gum you like is coming back in style.
  • 2010
    2010 Posts: 5,442 Forumite
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    I`m with TT and download at 13 megs and turning my router off at night makes no difference to my download speed.

    Switch off and save leccy!
  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
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    gord115 wrote: »
    I turn it off for security(even though PC is turned off at wall socket)

    What do you think is less secure about leaving the router on, when the PC is switched off....?
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