How rain, wind, heat and other heavy weather can affect your internet connection

  • Written by: James Jin Kang, Lecturer, Computing and Security, Edith Cowan University
How rain, wind, heat and other heavy weather can affect your internet connectionGordonekoff / Shutterstock

When your Netflix stream drops out in the middle of a rainstorm, can you blame the wild weather?

Quite possibly. The weather can affect the performance of your internet connection in a variety of ways.

This can include issues such as physical damage to the network, water getting into electrical connections, and wireless...

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