| Youtube is slow We have ATT Uverse, 12/1.5 package, and all speed tests are showing up at 11.5/1.2, both on wired and wireless. However, anytime we go to YouTube, it is incredibly slow. I have tried changing the Wireless Channel in the Uverse Gateway, but haven't noticed much of a difference on any channel. I also changed the DNS in our TCP/IP settings and am now using OpenDNS, and I also updated Flash Player and Java, and no improvement. I am wondering, is there anything else I can do? Every video pauses every 5 seconds to buffer, even at 360p. Thanks
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 JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant?Premium
join:2006-09-05
Kelowna, BC
kudos:2 | That seems to be a common complaint on many ISP's. For me, 720 is ok but 1080 is always buffering like mad. |
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| said by Juggernaut:That seems to be a common complaint on many ISP's. For me, 720 is ok but 1080 is always buffering like mad.
I know YouTube needs more bandwith, but it never used to be this slow. Your lucky, a 3min 720p video would probably take 15 minutes or so to fully buffer
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 beerbumPremium
join:2000-05-06
Reading, PA | reply to billydunwood
you can get Youtube to load? it just times out here.. and Google itself takes 30-60 seconds to respond/load.. doing a search may or may not result in a timeout..
I think google is having problems tonight.. |
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| said by beerbum:you can get Youtube to load? it just times out here.. and Google itself takes 30-60 seconds to respond/load.. doing a search may or may not result in a timeout..
I think google is having problems tonight..
I get google and YouTube to load just fine. YouTube has been this slow for me for the past 2 months, but it's getting worse.
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 Hayward K A R - 1 2 0 CPremium
join:2000-07-13
Key West, FL
kudos:1
1 edit | reply to Juggernaut
Yes I usually have no problems with 720p or SD. Something I really want in 1080p I'll DL it first, which usually goes pretty quick as it is a continuous stream not on demand chunks, watching is.
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 chambercPremium
join:2008-08-05
Irving, TX
 ·Time Warner Cable
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I visit multiple forums including small net builder, Asus, linksys, and other networking sites and see fairly common buffering complaints increasing. Many of the complainants have low latency high bandwidth connections. There seems to be no common denominator between them. Personally I use opendns and have a 75/5 twc connection that performs flawlessly on everything except for streaming HD videos from YouTube.
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 timcuthBraves FanPremium
join:2000-09-18
Pelham, AL | reply to billydunwood
It is a fact that Google has been having some problems for the past few days. I even saw a news article about it, yesterday.
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 RoboticsSee You On The Dark SidePremium
join:2003-10-23
Louisa, VA
 ·Verizon Wireless..
·Comcast
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I could be wrong, but it sure does seem if you watch some of YouTube's big money makers/partners they load fine in 1080 but watch joe blow's video in 1080 and your gonna be buffering a lot.
I've noticed this for quite some time now. And its getting worse it seems.
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 AdamB
join:2001-01-07
Columbus, OH
 ·AT&T U-Verse
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We are discussing this issue on the Uverse forum, »Youtube sucks for me
There is definitely a routing issue with AT&T because this is recent for me as far as the slowness goes. When I use my VPN, the slowness goes away. |
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guppy_fishPremium
join:2003-12-09
Lakeland, FL
kudos:1 | reply to billydunwood
Just shows that the peering point into the AT&T network is overloaded, Google won't pony up the dollars for more capacity, AT&T could careless, there a teir 1 provider, they never pay for bandwidth, as the ARE the internet ( same as Verizon ) |
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 The DordGamecenter CXPremium
join:2005-01-06
Belleville, MI
1 edit | I was having the same slow buffering issues since yesterday (on old AT&T DSL) and this drives me bonkers as well. |
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 pikePremium,MVM
join:2001-02-01
Washington, DC
kudos:3 | reply to billydunwood
said by billydunwood:I also changed the DNS in our TCP/IP settings and am now using OpenDNS
That may be the source of your problem. Using a public DNS server breaks the geolocation functionality used by major content delivery networks that serve bandwidth-intensive content like videos. This can result in the data being served from a POP a great distance from your location and therefore sluggish performance. Try changing back to your ISPs DNS servers temporarily and see if it makes a difference. |
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 tp0dyabbazooiePremium
join:2001-02-13
Carnegie, PA
kudos:4 | youtube is butt slow here in pittsburgh on fios.. bout the only thing slow, everything else is snappy..
someone prolly packeting them for some dumb shit
-j
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 DustynPremium
join:2003-02-26
Ontario, CAN
kudos:10 | reply to billydunwood
Most of the time I just hit re-load. As soon as YouTube allows me to click on the gear icon to change the quality, I hit 1080p and it starts buffering a lot faster. Not sure why... it usually works. |
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I changed to OpenDNS because Youtube was slow on Uverse DNS too.
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guppy_fishPremium
join:2003-12-09
Lakeland, FL
kudos:1 | You should definitely use your ISP DNS .. it is the only way to know the best path from your location thru you ISP's network |
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UPDATE: I changed my DNS to Google DNS for both IPV4 and IPV6, and YouTube loads better, but not quite as fast as it used to be.
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 dib22
join:2002-01-27
Kansas City, MO | reply to billydunwood
For all who are having slow youtube make sure you right click and choose "report playback issue"... they do gather the data and look for routing issues.
You can get an idea of the speeds their system sees for your isp at this page:
»www.youtube.com/my_speed |
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 SparkChaserPremium
join:2000-06-06
Downingtown, PA
kudos:3 | reply to billydunwood
Youtube is pausing for me today. Three different computers, so it's my home network or them and I'm thinking them or Verizon.  |
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