Internet is abnormally slow when shared by more computers.

[Guest]

Ok. I have my computer, my sister's laptop, and my mom's computer. We have CABLE. We share the connection through a switch or something (each of our computers pluggs into a switch). Well, every time i use the internet, it takes about 10 seconds just to load a page. And i KNOW that it shouldn't go that slow even if the internet is shared. If i take my cable and plug it DIRECTlY into the modem box however, it goes incrediblally fast. And then i have NO problems. So please tell me if i can make it go faster for my computer when it is shared. Its really frusterating.

 

[Guest]

When you have Cable, it's not just you getting the
connection and sharing it with your family, its the WHOLE
neighborhood that shares a cable line so when everyone
uses it at the same time it might be slowing you down.

-----Original Message-----
Ok. I have my computer, my sister's laptop, and my mom's

computer. We have CABLE. We share the connection through
a switch or something (each of our computers pluggs into
a switch). Well, every time i use the internet, it takes
about 10 seconds just to load a page. And i KNOW that it
shouldn't go that slow even if the internet is shared. If
i take my cable and plug it DIRECTlY into the modem box
however, it goes incrediblally fast. And then i have NO
problems. So please tell me if i can make it go faster
for my computer when it is shared. Its really
frusterating.