Why Your Wi-Fi Is Slow, and Why It Keeps Dropping

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Two complaints arrive constantly, they sound similar, and they have almost nothing in common.

The first is the Wi-Fi is slow. The second is the Wi-Fi keeps dropping. Slow is a capacity problem. Dropping is a connection problem. Advice aimed at one routinely makes no difference to the other, which is why so much troubleshooting goes nowhere.

Here is what causes each, starting with the version we hear most in Greater Boston offices — because it comes with a clue built in.

Wi-Fi on Althora

Why Your Wi-Fi Is Slow, and Why It Keeps Dropping