This is a refrain parents all hear, and in return, we often yell to our kids: "Stop what you're doing so I can make a VOIP call!" Bufferbloat is (usually) the cause, and it doesn't have to be this way. You can avoid a suffering home, and there is a lot you can do to help us drain this world-wide Internet swamp. A little information goes a long way.
Come learn how you, too, can be Hercules, and help clean the Augean Stables.