In this world of technology, internet plays an indispensable role in our lives. Be it a small merchant or a manufacturer of high-end devices, internet runs the show. The speed and amount of internet needed by everyone might differ. But the usage is regular. A student pursuing higher studies in a university or a professional working from home, both need high speed internet. Sometimes, a normal mobile data plan might not be enough to attend classes or meetings or simply surf the internet without buffering sessions. We all know how frustrating it can be!
Reasons why your internet is slow
Low subscription plan
It can be a possibility that your data limit gets exhausted soon due to a low subscription mobile data plan. Your usage might have increased with options to stream movies, series, etc., on your smartphone. Therefore, you need to find a mobile data plan which offers better data pack. Airtel offers many ‘truly unlimited’ packs with daily data quota along with Talk time. You can also do a data booster pack for uninterrupted usage.
Piggyback
Piggybacking is a common activity. It means someone using your internet without your consent. Either your hotspot password is a default one or an easy one to crack or your hotspot is open. Always set a strong security password using different special characters, numbers, and caps on alphabets to ensure no one can crack your mobile hotspot password.
Number of users
The bandwidth of an internet connection used via mobile hotspot is affected by the number of users. Every time a new user joins the connection the bandwidth is shared. Therefore, a greater number of users can lead to slow internet connection.
Background usage
Many applications in your phone use data even when they are switched off. The data is used to send push notifications and other background activity. Many apps consume a good amount of data in the background. It might be a possibility that your data is being exhausted by this usage. You can restrict the background usage in the settings section.
Another major reason of slow internet can be your location. Maybe your network has a weak signal in a specific area. The mobile data plan is sometimes just not enough for your daily internet activities. Don’t worry though! You can now merge the speed of two connections on your phone. Your mobile data and an average WiFi can work together to give you better speed. Wondering how?
How can I use WiFi and mobile data together?
You can explore the below options to use WiFi and Mobile data together on your phone.
Dual-Channel Acceleration
The Dual-Channel Acceleration is one of the latest technologies introduced to give users better connectivity and internet speed. If your phone has this feature, it can detect stability and speed of your mobile data and WiFi. Post detection, it can switch between them to a better connection and or use them concurrently. Thanks to this technology, one doesn’t have to keep on switching manually between a better network. The technology also uses both mobile data and WiFi together to ensure you get a better upload and download speed.
Although, one needs to keep in mind that the dual-channel acceleration feature only supports a few applications on your smart phone. The availability of this technology and the apps it supports depends on the device. Almost all the latest Android phones with Pie or Android 10 have this feature. The feature is best used for online gaming as it reduces latency at a great level.
You can also try out the Speedify app that combines several internet sources into one super connection for stable and better internet connection. You can use up to 5GB data in its free version.
There you go! Now you can boost your slow internet connection using above hacks. You can also go for Airtel’s various mobile data plans available at affordable prices. Airtel offers excellent internet connection no matter what the location! With Airtel, the internet never run outs!
