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youtube slow as hell sometimes = annoying!

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  • 27-07-2008 6:24pm
    #1
    Uthur
    Registered Users Posts: 414 ✭✭


    sometimes youtube gets really slow for me - from certain youtube servers
    at least. a 3 minute video might take 10 minutes to download if it is
    coming from one of the 'bad' servers.

    in fact all the v??.cache.googlevideo.com servers are slow at the moment!

    i am on the BT 3Mb service and i wonder if anyone else has this
    problem?

    here is a ping from a server that is working ok...

    Pinging lax-v55.lax.youtube.com [208.65.155.158] with 32 bytes of data:
    Reply from 208.65.155.158: bytes=32 time=173ms TTL=51
    Reply from 208.65.155.158: bytes=32 time=172ms TTL=51
    Reply from 208.65.155.158: bytes=32 time=171ms TTL=51
    Reply from 208.65.155.158: bytes=32 time=172ms TTL=51
    Reply from 208.65.155.158: bytes=32 time=171ms TTL=51
    Reply from 208.65.155.158: bytes=32 time=172ms TTL=51
    Reply from 208.65.155.158: bytes=32 time=174ms TTL=51
    Reply from 208.65.155.158: bytes=32 time=172ms TTL=51
    Reply from 208.65.155.158: bytes=32 time=172ms TTL=51
    Reply from 208.65.155.158: bytes=32 time=173ms TTL=51
    Reply from 208.65.155.158: bytes=32 time=172ms TTL=51

    Ping statistics for 208.65.155.158:
    Packets: Sent = 11, Received = 11, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
    Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 171ms, Maximum = 174ms, Average = 172ms


    here is one from a server that is slower than molasses...

    Pinging v22.cache.l.google.com [74.125.15.97] with 32 bytes of data:
    Reply from 74.125.15.97: bytes=32 time=275ms TTL=54
    Reply from 74.125.15.97: bytes=32 time=276ms TTL=54
    Request timed out.
    Reply from 74.125.15.97: bytes=32 time=274ms TTL=54
    Request timed out.
    Reply from 74.125.15.97: bytes=32 time=277ms TTL=54
    Reply from 74.125.15.97: bytes=32 time=276ms TTL=54
    Reply from 74.125.15.97: bytes=32 time=275ms TTL=54
    Reply from 74.125.15.97: bytes=32 time=275ms TTL=54
    Reply from 74.125.15.97: bytes=32 time=275ms TTL=54
    Reply from 74.125.15.97: bytes=32 time=276ms TTL=54
    Reply from 74.125.15.97: bytes=32 time=275ms TTL=54
    Reply from 74.125.15.97: bytes=32 time=275ms TTL=54
    Reply from 74.125.15.97: bytes=32 time=276ms TTL=54
    Reply from 74.125.15.97: bytes=32 time=276ms TTL=54

    Ping statistics for 74.125.15.97:
    Packets: Sent = 15, Received = 13, Lost = 2 (13% loss),
    Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 274ms, Maximum = 277ms, Average = 275ms

    any thoughts or ideas about what is going on?


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    #2
    Ciaran500
    Registered Users Posts: 8,225 ✭✭✭Ciaran500


    Pretty sure BT is limiting speeds to youtube at any peak times. This happens to me and my friend and makes youtube almost unusable. Any other video site works perfectly during these times.


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    dunworth1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,326 ✭✭✭dunworth1


    this is due to there being so many connections on the servers that is why they are slow

    nothing to do with your isp

    i have 1mbb with ibb and can watch videos fine at www.youtube.ie


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    Uthur
    Registered Users Posts: 414 ✭✭Uthur


    dunworth1 wrote: »
    this is due to there being so many connections on the servers that is why they are slow

    nothing to do with your isp

    i have 1mbb with ibb and can watch videos fine at www.youtube.ie

    if you can watch youtube ok at the moment then youtubes servers must
    be ok. can you confirm that vids coming off v??.cache.googlevideo.com
    are downloading normally at the moment?


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    #5
    Uthur
    Registered Users Posts: 414 ✭✭Uthur


    Ciaran500 wrote: »
    Pretty sure BT is limiting speeds to youtube at any peak times. This happens to me and my friend and makes youtube almost unusable. Any other video site works perfectly during these times.

    i've heard they do this too. it's a sunday evening though so this seems like
    an off-peak time (maybe i am wrong though?)

    if it is BT, they do a really lame job of throttling access to youtube - it's
    only the googlevideo servers that seem affected now - all the rest ash, lax, sjc
    etc are all as fast as ever :confused:

    i would hate to think that i'm paying 40eur a month for a service like this!


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    #6
    BlackWizard
    Registered Users Posts: 3,282 ✭✭✭BlackWizard


    This has been talked about before. They do limit certain youtube/googlevideo servers at peak times.


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    Uthur
    Registered Users Posts: 414 ✭✭Uthur


    BlackWizard wrote: »
    This has been talked about before. They do limit certain youtube/googlevideo servers at peak times.

    thanks blackwizard - i've dug up the old threads you mention. this really
    is a total pain :mad:


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    #8
    dunworth1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,326 ✭✭✭dunworth1


    Uthur wrote: »
    if you can watch youtube ok at the moment then youtubes servers must
    be ok. can you confirm that vids coming off v??.cache.googlevideo.com
    are downloading normally at the moment?

    Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
    Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

    ping to the server you posted above

    C:\Users\Brian>ping v22.cache.l.google.com

    Pinging v22.cache.l.google.com [74.125.4.225] with 32 bytes of data:
    Reply from 74.125.4.225: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=56
    Reply from 74.125.4.225: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=56
    Reply from 74.125.4.225: bytes=32 time=43ms TTL=56
    Reply from 74.125.4.225: bytes=32 time=42ms TTL=56

    Ping statistics for 74.125.4.225:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
    Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 37ms, Maximum = 43ms, Average = 40ms


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    alec76
    Registered Users Posts: 1,603 ✭✭✭alec76


    Uthur u can try to use some proxy server for youtube services( BT won't be able to block them:)


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    Uthur
    Registered Users Posts: 414 ✭✭Uthur


    alec76 wrote: »
    Uthur u can try to use some proxy server for youtube services( BT won't be able to block them:)

    hi alec. it occured to me to try this but i don't like the idea of all my
    http traffic going through a machine run by god knows who. maybe
    i am getting paranoid :D


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    mrquiteaguy
    Registered Users Posts: 54 ✭✭mrquiteaguy


    I am on Smart and i notice Youtube slows down at certain times for me.
    I would imagine it has more to do with Youtube being busy than Smart blocking it as Youtube goes back to normal speeds for me after a while.:)


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    Uthur
    Registered Users Posts: 414 ✭✭Uthur


    mrquiteaguy wrote: »
    I am on Smart and i notice Youtube slows down at certain times for me.
    I would imagine it has more to do with Youtube being busy than Smart blocking it as Youtube goes back to normal speeds for me after a while.:)

    hey mrquite! do you think you are slowing down as much as i am? it can take
    a 3Mb video more than 10 minutes to download when the slowdown hits. it's
    been really bad for at least 3 days now :(


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    #13
    jmcc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭jmcc


    Uthur wrote: »
    hey mrquite! do you think you are slowing down as much as i am? it can take
    a 3Mb video more than 10 minutes to download when the slowdown hits. it's
    been really bad for at least 3 days now :(
    I'm beginning to wonder if it is a problem on some of Esat's routes into the US. Some sites are fine here but one important site is running at a tenth of its usual download speed via Esat.

    Regards...jmcc


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