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to praetoralpha
Re: Value?I'd point more to a crappy CDN than I would a last mile connection when it comes to the stability of YouTube's streaming capabilities (or the lack thereof), especially with 720p and 1080p content. |
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I don't think the 50/25 will fix the YouTube issue. I am having issues with lag on Youtube vids within Xbox Live. It is a joke. Video plays for 5 secs then for almost a minute, spinning (what is that, discs?). And Xbox Live changed channels (Comedy is gone) in YouTube so you have to have You Tube account and customize. Eff that. CDN (folks running traceroutes on ATT Uverse, and rogers, and Comcast are showing drops somewhere down the line...). Call me conspiracy theorist but I wouldn't put it past "carriers" that have "content" to throttle You tube somehow (or so many are watching YouTube that "it" needs serious bump in delivery ... "Ya broke me pipes!" |
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JBT Premium Member join:2002-12-06 Odessa, FL |
JBT
Premium Member
2013-Feb-19 9:48 am
Agreed its not a bandwidth issue from your ISP. Its either carriers throttling or YouTube with load issues. |
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to cableties
Have you tried upping the quality you are watching in? When I had those issues (TW, 10/1) sometimes it actually helped to watch in 720p instead of 360p. Makes no sense, but whatever (may have been a firefox issue with saving tabs, which I also fixed recently, or that weird OpenDNS-youtube path issue).
Yeah, it's infuriating to have that much speed and still be unable to watch youtube normally. |
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to cableties
said by cableties Call me conspiracy theorist but I wouldn't put it past "carriers" that have "content" to throttle You tube somehow (or so many are watching YouTube that "it" needs serious bump in delivery ...
"Ya broke me pipes!" I wouldn't call it a conspiracy, more like a case of major incompetence when it comes to the way VZ handles their DNS. It is comically sad when a mobile connection can buffer quicker. Many are starting to agree that for optimal use you have to register for an alternative such as OpenDNS or you can just plug right up to Google's public DNS without an account. |
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silbaco Premium Member join:2009-08-03 USA |
silbaco
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2013-Feb-19 12:14 pm
DNS has nothing to do with how a video buffers. |
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tshirt Premium Member join:2004-07-11 Snohomish, WA |
to cableties
said by cableties:Call me conspiracy theorist but I wouldn't put it past "carriers" that have "content" to throttle You tube somehow (or so many are watching YouTube that "it" needs serious bump in delivery ...
"Ya broke me pipes!" I think the YouTube problem is BECAUSE so many now have access to 25Mbps +++ connections that aggregate total bandwidth can at time overwhelm the CDN's gateway AND servers at times of high demand. It's not throttling, it's demand exceeding available resources...an exoflood if you like that term |
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to silbaco
said by silbaco:DNS has nothing to do with how a video buffers. Indeed. Don't get me wrong: I'll plug OpenDNS and Google DNS (or even Level3, though those technically aren't public...) over Comcast's DNS servers all day and night. Still, they have absolutely nothing to do with the situation right now. |
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BiggA Premium Member join:2005-11-23 Central CT |
to tshirt
Yeah, it's peering and bandwidth. I have the same issue on Comcast. |
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to JBT
it is YouTube. I know people that use FIOS, Comcast and they all have latency issues |
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