Possibility of Christmas illumination slowing net speed

BySteve Jurvetson

We published a report on the investigation conducted by the Information and Communication Authority of the United Kingdom concerning the degree of internet penetration in each domestic household and the connection speed of wireless LAN. In the report, it turns out that the connection speed has not reached the speed which should have been originally expected by many households, and one of the causes is radio interference due to microwave oven, Bluetooth, and even Christmas illumination.

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Ofcom's survey found that about 6 million households in the UK found that the connection speed of the wireless LAN was slower than the speed at which the wireless LAN should be inherent and the cause was "simple setting mistake" It was found to be in "interference". 2.4 GHz radio frequency band used in UK and Japan is called ISM band, it is used not only in wireless LAN but also in various electronic devices such as microwave oven, baby monitor, Bluetooth, etc. It will become a radio interference source there is. However, it is interesting that it is often used during Christmas time, illumination is one of the sources of interference.

ByTahir Hashmi

When radio wave interference occurs, radio interference such as not leading to the Internet, unstable circuit, slow speed etc. occur, but according to Ofcom many users do not notice the radio interference and notice the radio interference It seems to be connected. In this survey, it was found that there were 2.4 million households with only 10 MB / s or less while the number of households with wireless LAN speeds of 30 MB / s or more was 7 million or more He said that there may be families lagging behind the original speed due to radio interference.

Ofcom who severely sees the situation that the user is not noticed radio interference, measures the speed of the wireless LAN, and troubleshoots the application when a speed reduction is foundWi-Fi Checker"IOSWhenAndroidWe released it for. Wi-Fi Checker is an application that measures how many percent of home's speed and office connection speed is out, and when the speed is slow, "Restart router", "Wireless LAN channel We will tell you the solution to restore speed such as "to change." In addition, it is impossible to use Wi - Fi Checker in Japan at the time of article creation.


Even in Japanese homes, when microwave oven and Bluetooth may interfere with radio waves and the wireless LAN speed may be lowered, if you feel connection speed is unstable or slow, revise the initial setting, but if it still does not solve it It seems better to suspect radio interference by electronic equipment.