upc and streaming

damagegt

Lately im having a bit of trouble streaming from different sites.Im getting 31mb down and 2.7mb up and I still have to wait for youtube/netflix to buff.

Anyone have an idea what could be causing this and how Id go about fixing it ?

ferike1

I have the same problem.

I recently upgraded to the 100mb UPC package. My download speeds are through the roof for programmes like Jdownloader and Steam but Youtube and streaming has taken a hit. It wasn't a problem with the old 25mb package.

Yakuza

It might be an issue at youtube's end. With (globally) more and more people having faster and faster internet access - their servers might be hitting a bottleneck (esp at peak times).

damagegt

Yakuza wrote: »

It might be an issue at youtube's end. With (globally) more and more people having faster and faster internet access - their servers might be hitting a bottleneck (esp at peak times).

It seems to be all the time to the point where I don't bother with youtube anymore.Its not that it takes forever but I would have to wait for maybe 3-4 times the length of the video for it to fully buff.

Kensington

It seems to be Youtube playing up - I find the 360p setting constantly buffers but 480p (and 720p and 1080p) fly along without a hiccup so it would appear not to be a bandwidth issue but an issue with the 360p codec.

damagegt

Kensington wrote: »

It seems to be Youtube playing up - I find the 360p setting constantly buffers but 480p (and 720p and 1080p) fly along without a hiccup so it would appear not to be a bandwidth issue but an issue with the 360p codec.

You sir are a genius.I changed the res and its working perfectly.Thanks

Meesared

Kensington wrote: »

It seems to be Youtube playing up - I find the 360p setting constantly buffers but 480p (and 720p and 1080p) fly along without a hiccup so it would appear not to be a bandwidth issue but an issue with the 360p codec.

Thanks for that!