Did anyone ever figure out how the cold affects the intarwebs?

[rudeguy]

I thought the cold wasn't supposed to affect how fast the intarwebs flow. But whenever it gets really cold, my internet slows down and hiccups a lot. Do the squirrels in the wheels get cold or does the fluid in the phone lines freeze?

 

[SlitheryDee]

yes

 

[Colt45]

phuck that, cold speeds the tubes up.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

i don't let me internets out without first bundling up.

 

[SagaLore]

Same reason that pregnancy rates go up. People are locked up inside, are bored, and want something to do.

 

[IronWing]

Yes, my internet used to drop packets like a meth head drops teeth when it got cold out. It turned out that it was a bad connection in the antenna on the tower, something I suggested based on the symptoms but that my ISP refused to check for months. The connector would shrink in the cold, breaking the connection.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: SagaLore
Same reason that pregnancy rates go up. People are locked up inside, are bored, and want something to do.

Yep.

Also propogation delay goes down on the actual wire so it should speed up, but the increased load even of .1% negates that.

 

[rudeguy]

I doubt its increased traffic. There aren't enough of us out here and most people out this way have been asleep for a couple hours. Farmers don't generally do late nights.

 

[YoungGun21]

Originally posted by: Colt45
phuck that, cold speeds the tubes up.

This. There is less resistance in the wiring when it is cold. It actually goes faster.

On really warm days my internet actually quits working because of crappy cables and several splitters it has to go through before it hits my modem.

 

[MrPickins]

My personal internets are cold with solution.