PEOPLE are constantly looking for ways to save money on bills but one trick could be ruining your internet connection.
While you may like to switch everything off at the plug, your router is not one that should be powered off at night.
That’s because you could be missing out on important updates.
Internet providers tend to put these out overnight when you’re asleep.
They are designed to improve your broadband connection speeds.
So if you power it off, you miss out on them.
Not only that, switching your router off every night may trick your provider into thinking there’s something wrong with your broadband.
When this happens, they may put an emergency speed restriction in place to prevent your household for going entirely offline.
So effectively, your broadband is slowed down for no reason whatsoever.
“It’s important to make sure that you leave your Hub switched on and connected at all times,” BT says.
“This will let us give you the fastest and most stable service, and ensure your hub is kept updated.
“Constantly switching off the hub makes the line look unstable, meaning that your speed may be automatically reduced to improve the reliability of your broadband connection.”
As such, it’s really best for you to leave your Wi-Fi hub on.
Don’t forget, where you position your router can also affects your signal.
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