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Been happening to us as well the last two weeks, and just noted recently for a couple reasons.

-Updated to Shaw Broadband 50, so have been checking out the Speedtests to make sure we have been getting the advertised (or close to it) speeds.

-My phone battery was draining 50% overnight, and there is some question as to if the router was to blame (as with wifi on and NOT connected to a network, it didn't drain the battery), although I think it is/was the version on Android I was running (2.3.6) as the culprit. Thus, I was checking the speedtest of the wireless connection as well.

What I was getting on my wifi speeds were brutal on the two or three devices that run off wifi...5mbs down and 3.5 upload, compared to the 46mbs download and 3.5 upload on the computer which is wired into the modem through the same router...and this is sitting right beside the router while doing the tests.

Sometimes it was better, sometimes not...but the odd thing is the upload speed was perfectly fine over wifi when the download speed was 80% less on wifi. Not sure if it was happening before, but as a result of all the checking, it brought the issue to the forefront.

Played around with resetting the router, changing the wifi channel on my router (can't go above 11, just like everyone else in the area), after being able to see the channels the other networks I can pick up were on. Helped a bit I guess, but not a lot.

Plus, I don't think I see any unauthorized devices on the list of addresses in the router settings, so I don't think anyone is stealing bandwidth, but I guess I could be wrong.

Router is a Dlink DIR655 that's just over a year old. It seems to have stabilized (or maybe its just been a busy week and I haven't bothered to check), and not that keen on dropping $$ on a $150 upgraded router.