My bum of a roommate is 24 and doesn't have a job and hasnt in years. I'm not sure how he pays the rent, but he does. He sits at home and downloads stuff ALL DAY.

Anyway, when I'm home and trying to get some work done my connection speed slows down to a crawl. We have a pretty fast cable modem connection, but when he downloads anything MY speeds crawl to about 4 - 5kbps. His stay pretty high.

The wireless router is right next to his computer, while my computer is down the hallway about 25 feet and through a few walls. He doesn't know enough to get the router to give his machine preference. Is there any reason mine goes so slowly?

Hahah, while writing this he just popped open a can of beer and tried to mask it with a cough. If I didn't have a job I'd probably be an alcoholic too.