said by xsbell:said by Hazy Arc:said by xsbell:The issue is with CenturyLink's cache servers, which are provided to them by Google.
If changing your DNS servers still lands you on their congested cache servers, just start adding them to your HOSTS file.
Can you expound on this a bit more? Do you have any suggested cache servers to add?
I will never be able to land on a CenturyLink cache server, so I can't help you with hostnames, but if you use Wireshark, TCPdump, or even URLsnooper (easiest), you can find out where the videos are coming from. You can also do this with IDM and jdownloader. A lot of cache servers I've seen have the word "cache" somewhere in the hostname, but this isn't always the case.
Just download URLsnooper, open it up and change the protocol filter to 'Show All', then start sniffing. Once you hit a video that loads slow and/or buffers a lot, check where it's coming from and add the hostname to your HOSTS..
127.0.0.1 r4---sn-2gph0nj5o-tt1e.c.youtube.com #//This is one of my ISPs cache servers
Yep this solution does work and other people with similar issues that solved it.
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