I have been a member here for a few years but never posted. My ignorance about this is so huge its amusing. I test my download speed, ( Xfinity ) sometimes... ( Very rarely..) I might get a 8 - 10 Mbps speed @ the high end... but most of the time its around 2 or 3 Mbps. The last few days it been below 1Mbps. Like 60 - 70 Kbps !!! I cant even get my email to come up... so forget about streaming all together. So Im smart enough to know my internet Company is ripping me of. And yes... its a peak timing thing, im sure. I even have a Netgear signal booster. ( I have a mobile Hotpass) Im confused. If a smartphone can pic up a signal all the time... Why cant my laptop.? I travel around and I will be doing nothing but traveling the rest of the summer now. I need to learn SOMETHING about this stuff and how it works.... or im going to be watching a lot of Movies... and I hate movies. I prefer to LEARN something and watch Docs. . . . . . . . Is it me and my Equipment... Or my server? . . . ANYBODY??? . . . . ( DOH !! )