Hi there. The better the signal, the better the speed should be. The problem is not your computer. It's just that the location of your computer is too far from the WIFI spot. If your computer is a laptop, try move your laptop to another spot around your home.

Another alternative is to get an external USB
WIFI antenna that may help you get a stronger signal. If it is a free WIFI, it might be slow because there may be many users using it at the same time. Cheers.

Unless your wifi signal is super-low it shouldn't make a whole lot of difference when you're dealing with internet speeds (typically less than a few hundred kilobits per second), which are much slower than the potential of your wireless network (could be up to 54,000 kilobits per second).

To find out where the problem is I suggest you plug your computer directly into the DSL modem (I'm assuming you have DSL) and check the speed again.

If the speed at the modem is slow you can try power cycling it to see if you can pick up a better connection next time. If that doesn't work, try calling the DSL company to complain; if that doesn't work, try a different DSL company - some providers offer service speeds that compare unfavorably with dial-up.

HTH

I often find that connection is fast at 3am