QRM / Noise ? - Guilt can be of your Christmas lights

The internet wireless can be an amazing solution for modern times, but it’s hard to find someone who has never experienced any signs of problem indoors. It could be the intensity being hindered by the walls or even the presence of many networks occupying the same frequency bands.There is always a problem.

And as if not enough all you already know, now there are reports that the Christmas lights were also hindering the signal of wireless networks. Who revealed this was the British company Ofcom, which analyzed the UK home networks and came to the conclusion already mentioned – after realizing that the Christmas season is the one that suffers most from instability in Wi-Fi.

According to experts, the villain in this case are not the lights, of course, but the electricity that is circulating among the flashing lights. The frequency of this energy is what was causing interference to wireless Internet. Is that why the Grinch hated Christmas so much?

Ofcom launches Wi-Fi checker to improve broadband

Simple app for tablets and mobiles to check your Wi-Fi connection
More than a quarter of a million homes and offices across Wales could improve their wireless connection
Significant increases in next generation access and superfast broadband – the highest availability of superfast broadband services in the devolved nations
Superfast broadband coverage in rural Wales up from 8% to 31% of premises

People can check whether their in-home Wi-Fi is giving them the best service by using a simple, powerful app launched by Ofcom today.

The Ofcom Wi-Fi Checker, which runs on smartphones and tablets, allows consumers and businesses to discover the quality of their wireless internet signal wherever they live or work – as well as offering practical steps to help people get the best from their connection.

Wireless broadband may not be working as well as it could in more than a quarter of a million homes and offices across Wales and in more than five million UK homes, according to Ofcom research published today. This is often caused by the Wi-Fi set-up in the house slowing down broadband.

It could be down to something as simple as interference from other electronic devices, such as a microwave oven, baby monitor, a lamp – or even Christmas fairy lights.

The app tests the Wi-Fi set-up and, if its finds a problem, will provide some troubleshooting tips to help improve broadband. It is free to download now from Apple’s App Store and Google Play (search for ‘Wi-Fi Checker’).