youtube slow downs

[mike1996]

i am randomly getting really slow speeds from youtube servers.
youtube will slow down randomly for no reason when i try to download the video using a youtube down loader extension it downloads at about 128kbs

I am paying for 20mbs down i ran a speed test when the issue is happening i am still getting 20mbs.

direct connecting to the modem has no affect

rebooting computer and networking equipment has no affect
i am using a cable modem

youtube works fine on hot spot

 

[Ziggy Starship]

Could be the browser. Chrome does that to me once in a while.

Which browser are you using?

 

[mike1996]

Could be the browser. Chrome does that to me once in a while.

Which browser are you using?

Tried IE Fire fox and Chrome
also tried fresh install for chrome and fire fox

also that would not explain why downloading the video would be slow

thanks for the suggestion got any more :/

 

[Ziggy Starship]

Could be the browser. Chrome does that to me once in a while.

Which browser are you using?

Tried IE Fire fox and Chrome
also tried fresh install for chrome and fire fox

also that would not explain why downloading the video would be slow

thanks for the suggestion got any more :/

Have you done updates lately? What about shockwave, is it up to date?

 

[mike1996]

Could be the browser. Chrome does that to me once in a while.

Which browser are you using?

Tried IE Fire fox and Chrome
also tried fresh install for chrome and fire fox

also that would not explain why downloading the video would be slow

thanks for the suggestion got any more :/

Have you done updates lately? What about shockwave, is it up to date?

already ran updates for java and flash
just ran update for shock wave
no affect

 

[Ziggy Starship]

Could be the browser. Chrome does that to me once in a while.

Which browser are you using?

Tried IE Fire fox and Chrome
also tried fresh install for chrome and fire fox

also that would not explain why downloading the video would be slow

thanks for the suggestion got any more :/

Could be the browser. Chrome does that to me once in a while.

Which browser are you using?

Tried IE Fire fox and Chrome
also tried fresh install for chrome and fire fox

also that would not explain why downloading the video would be slow

thanks for the suggestion got any more :/

Have you done updates lately? What about shockwave, is it up to date?

already ran updates for java and flash
just ran update for shock wave
no affect

I can't think of anything other than it's youtube then.. Youtube has buffer issues a lot of times and it reeeeeeeally slows down.

 

[jamesmcuk]

who is you isp

 

[Ziggy Starship]

who is you isp

If speedtest is showing that he's getting his full 20Mbps what does that matter?

I've been having issues with youtube lately too, it's more than likely youtubes servers again.

 

[jamesmcuk]

What it matters is that vigil media uses caching servers for youtube which cause problems for some people. Other isps may do similar.

 

[mike1996]

who is you isp

Madison communication

 

[mike1996]

Also if it is a server cash issue would that affect me continueusly instead of randomly?

 

[jamesmcuk]

BOT - I can't find any evidence of your ISP using caching servers so unfortunately thats unlikely OP.

 

[ssddx]

i have made some deletions and edits of the above offending posts.

both jamesmcuk and Ziggy Starship are guilty so both of you knock it off and converse civilly.

 

[Kewlx25]

If your ISP is using caching servers, you could try to block the servers, which should cause you to use a YouTube local PoP, which may be faster. I'm not sure the best way to tell if you are using caching servers, but one way that I've done it is just looked at the connections Chrome/FF were making when attempting to stream YouTube. There tends to be a lot of them and they use a decent amount of bandwidth, so they stand out.

My ISP doesn't believe in caching servers. They think it gives an unfair advantage to a single company.

YouTube rarely has issues. When they do, they're typically short lived, like maybe a day. I messed with some configs and accidentally set YouTube to stream from a German datacenter. This affected all computers on my network. No one noticed for months. It wasn't until I decided to stream some 4k video and noticed it was taking about 3 seconds to start. I am not used to waiting for YouTube to do anything, it's nearly instant. A quick fix and I was back streaming from their Chicago PoP.

 

[mike1996]

i have made some deletions and edits of the above offending posts.

both jamesmcuk and Ziggy Starship are guilty so both of you knock it off and converse civilly.

thankyou

 

[mike1996]

If your ISP is using caching servers, you could try to block the servers, which should cause you to use a YouTube local PoP, which may be faster. I'm not sure the best way to tell if you are using caching servers, but one way that I've done it is just looked at the connections Chrome/FF were making when attempting to stream YouTube. There tends to be a lot of them and they use a decent amount of bandwidth, so they stand out.

My ISP doesn't believe in caching servers. They think it gives an unfair advantage to a single company.

YouTube rarely has issues. When they do, they're typically short lived, like maybe a day. I messed with some configs and accidentally set YouTube to stream from a German datacenter. This affected all computers on my network. No one noticed for months. It wasn't until I decided to stream some 4k video and noticed it was taking about 3 seconds to start. I am not used to waiting for YouTube to do anything, it's nearly instant. A quick fix and I was back streaming from their Chicago PoP.

where would i find a setting like that?

 

[Kewlx25]

I haven't done it myself, but I've read of people figuring out their ISP's YouTube caching server IP addresses, then blocked them on their firewall.