5 Signs Your ISP Is Throttling You Right Now

Sign #1: Your speed is fast in the morning but crawls at 8 PM — classic congestion throttling.

Sign #2: Netflix buffers but YouTube loads fine — Netflix-specific throttling (documented in 2014 FCC case).

Sign #3: Your speed test shows full speed but downloads are capped at a fraction of that figure.

Sign #4: Running a VPN suddenly makes your connection faster — VPNs bypass ISP packet inspection.

Sign #5: Torrent speeds are always slow regardless of time of day — P2P port throttling is very common.

Run DCSpeedTest to catch your ISP in the act.