Is this a WEIRD internet PROBLEM?

[kersoz2011]

We used to use 2 X 8mbps shared internet at an student apart. Our 1 modem is currently out of service. Now we connect from one 1 X8 mbps. The problem is its too slow now as you can see we share it with nearly 40 pc at flats. The webpages dont open , and they can only open after too many refreshs. Then I tried to connect from a free VPN program called Hotspot Shield. Suddenly it gets better and I dont need to refresh pages to open them. Its still slow (a bit faster tough) but at least it opens webpages without needing to refresh all the time. Then when I switch it off the same problems occur. Why would be the reason for this? why my direc connection is problematic and this VPN software works?

 

[bobdole369]

router running out of memory and dropping sessions? THough I would expect that one of those sessions would eventually kill the VPN. Your VPN session is a single connection, and where you are connected to (your endpoint) may be better peered. The router may simply give your single connection a higher priority than your dozens and dozens of requests from a web page.

 

[Fardringle]

It's possible that the router has VPN traffic set to a higher priority than regular web traffic and the heavy P2P traffic that your 40 students are probably creating.