Can a full time capsule affect streaming?

I've been experience spotting internet. It is near impossible for me to stream. Around the same time that I stopped being able to stream time capsule told me my disk was getting full. ATT says everything is fine on their end and they suggest it may be my airport/time capsule. Is is possible that a full time capsule could affect my internet and if so, what can I do about it?

As the Time Capsule disk fills up, Time Machine will automatically start to delete the oldest backups to make room for new backups, so the Time Capsule will stay connected longer each hour as it makes evaluations about the data on the drive and how best to handle new backups.
The increased data flow over the wireless (I assume that you are using wireless for Time Machine backups) might tend to slow down the wireless network a bit, but you should not encounter loss of Internet connections on the network.
To see if your Time Machine backups might be the cause of the connection problems, I suggest that you turn Time Machine off for a day or so and watch how the network performs.
If  you elect to try this, open System Preferences (gear icon on the dock) and then open Time Machine to turn the application OFF. Reverse the process when you want to turn backups ON again.
If your connection problems go away when you turn Time Machine off, you have your answer.
If the connection problems remain, (as I suspect they will) then you need to start looking for other causes like wireless interference from another network that may have been recently installed near you, a cordless phone, or a wireless camera/security system at the neighbors.

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