Sharing internet in a houseshare

Hi all
I am currently in a houseshare in London and the internet is ridiculously slow. There are about 8-10 people in the house but the connection only started slowing around 5 days ago. It gets so slow I can't even load google.
My questions are:
1. Will upgrading the speed help? Is it a problem with too many connections on one router or is it that someone is just downloading at full speed all the time, it only gets bad at night anyway.
2. I have a phoneline in my room, is it possible for me to get my own BT subscription through this line? What would be involved in doing so? Does BT come to you at weekends at all?
Thanks all
Awsum4sum

Awsum4sum wrote:
Ok thanks gg30340, I'm just thinking that if the landlord upgrades people might continue to download at full speed and cause the same issue?
If you are presently on "standard" broadband and the download speeds are not that great then an upgrade to an Infinity package may be better. I say may be better because it would depend how much extra speed you would gain by upgrading.
That is why I said to check first so you could see if it was worth it. If it is a substantial difference from the speed you presently get to the speed you would get with Infinity then you would see a marked difference even if everybody was downloading at the same time.
If you think of your present broadband like a garden hose with a 1cm diameter. You are all trying to get a pint of water at the same time but only so much water can pass through so your pint fills slowly. Infinity is like increasing the diameter of the hose to 10cm so you all get the pint of water quicker because more water can pass through quicker.

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