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paradigmfl
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Re: Youtube Throttling.

said by Milkman0:

My eyes hurt from the wall of text, but what I read is well written, but be prepared for the conspiracy theorists to come out and tell you why you are wrong.

I can't say for sure what is going on (and my YT is fine atm) but I will say that I find it funny how if someone suggests the ISP (BHN or TW in this case) might be throttling or otherwise have capacity issues then they are a "conspiracy theorist" or a "troll". However if someone accuses Youtube of the same thing then there is no such name calling and it is generally accepted by certain people here as if it were fact. It's an interesting double standard. Evidence should be provided either way, not just when it comes to one side.
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said by paradigmfl:

said by Milkman0:

My eyes hurt from the wall of text, but what I read is well written, but be prepared for the conspiracy theorists to come out and tell you why you are wrong.

I can't say for sure what is going on (and my YT is fine atm) but I will say that I find it funny how if someone suggests the ISP (BHN or TW in this case) might be throttling or otherwise have capacity issues then they are a "conspiracy theorist" or a "troll". However if someone accuses Youtube of the same thing then there is no such name calling and it is generally accepted by certain people here as if it were fact. It's an interesting double standard. Evidence should be provided either way, not just when it comes to one side.

You obviously didn't read the post because that is not what he said. If you need someone to explain it just ask and I'm sure Shadowfox will try to explain it in laymans terms.

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Neither YouTube, nor any ISP owns sole blame. My ISP, Sonic.net, is a flea among giants; fewer than 75,000 subscribers, mostly in the S.F, Bay Area of California. Netflix streams fine because they are an Open Connect partner. They are not a content provider. Yet YouTube flakes out; buffering and balking at 720p! Yet the same video plays flawless on a different connection; and, no, not a VPN. No need to hide my traffic from my ISP.

Here is the difference in trace routes:

Sonic.net "Fusion":
Tracing route to nuq05s02-in-x08.1e100.net [2607:f8b0:4005:802::1008]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
 
  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  2602:24a:de40:7d90::1
  2    26 ms    25 ms    26 ms  cust-gw.ipv6.sonic.net [2602:24b:8179:10::1]
  3    26 ms    26 ms    25 ms  0.ge-5-1-1.gw.200p-sf.sonic.net [2001:5a8:5:d::1]
  4    26 ms    25 ms    25 ms  0.as0.gw2.200p-sf.sonic.net [2001:5a8:5:8::2]
  5    26 ms    26 ms    27 ms  0.xe-6-0-0.gw.pao1.sonic.net [2001:5a8:5:6::1]
  6    28 ms    27 ms    28 ms  2001:550:2:3a::9:1                    (Cogent)
  7    28 ms    27 ms    27 ms  2001:550:4::48                        (Cogent)
  8    28 ms    29 ms    27 ms  2001:550:2:1f::46:2                   (Cogent)
  9    27 ms    50 ms    27 ms  2001:4860::1:0:7ea                    (Google)
 10    28 ms    28 ms    28 ms  2001:4860:0:1::693                    (Google)
 11    27 ms    27 ms    27 ms  nuq05s02-in-x08.1e100.net [2607:f8b0:4005:802::1008]
 
Trace complete.
 

Hurricane Electric:
Tracing route to nuq05s01-in-x00.1e100.net [2607:f8b0:4005:800::1000]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
 
  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  2001:470:82cb::1
  2   575 ms    36 ms    33 ms  NKonaya-1.tunnel.tserv3.fmt2.ipv6.he.net [2001:470:1f04:448::1]
  3    27 ms    37 ms    28 ms  ge5-19.core1.fmt2.he.net [2001:470:0:45::1]
  4    27 ms    26 ms    27 ms  10ge1-1.core1.sjc2.he.net [2001:470:0:31::2]
  5    27 ms    28 ms    27 ms  2001:4860:1:1:0:1b1b:0:9              (Google)
  6    27 ms    44 ms    28 ms  2001:4860::1:0:7ea                    (Google)
  7    27 ms    27 ms    27 ms  2001:4860:0:1::691                    (Google)
  8    27 ms    27 ms    26 ms  nuq05s01-in-x00.1e100.net [2607:f8b0:4005:800::1000]
 
Trace complete.
 

Hop 1 in each case is my router. Pay attention to the routing!!!

Sonic.net to Google (Youtube; buffers @ 720p) goes through Cogent (notorious for running ports "hot").
Hurricane Electric to Google (Youtube; does not buffer @ 1080p) goes direct.

There are three players in the first; any one of which, or all three in some combination, could be the problem. That is the gist of ShadowFoxBiH See Profile's post.