How much slowdown is it showing? As a side note, you need roughly 5.5 mb down to maintain 3-4 bars on Netflix, if you're experiencing a slowdown from 5 to 8 pm, that's "primetime" when most people use their internet (the get home from work between 4:30 and 6:30, surf, check email, watch their streaming Netflix, kids do homework, etc.) It appears reasonable to me to explain the issues you're having... if it's particularly troubling you might speak to your internet provider and see about stepping the speed up to the next tier. Where I am, 20 mb/sec down costs about $70 and for the amount of use I put on it, I couldn't do any less.
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