Are you with Time Warner by chance? They are the most well known for throttling

Mar 3, 2013
10:14:24pm

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youtube and other services. Other ISPs also sometimes cache certain youtube videos so your slow view stream is a result of your ISP not youtube. The DNS fix suggested by Malathion is meant to get around that.

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Why has YouTube been so slow for me lately? It won't stream videos on 360p

SausageKingOfChicago

3/3/13 9:30pm

I have had a lot of issues with Youtube lately... esp on the HD videos.

vacougfan

3/3/13 9:31pm

I also hate how going full screen makes you reload the content

SausageKingOfChicago

3/3/13 9:32pm

That pisses me off more than anything.

vacougfan

3/3/13 9:33pm

Sounds like a personal problem.

DakotaCoug

3/3/13 9:31pm

Try changing your DNS numbers 8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4

Malathion

3/3/13 9:33pm

I can't figure out how changing your DNS would make youtube steam faster.

fredy

3/3/13 9:50pm

It's a well known fix.

Malathion

3/3/13 9:55pm

Ok, I assumed it was slow steaming. If the page has problems loading your

fredy

3/3/13 10:07pm

That's Google's DNS servers. Here's why it speeds up youtube:

Yoshinobu

3/3/13 11:07pm

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JimmyZ

3/3/13 9:53pm

Are you with Time Warner by chance? They are the most well known for throttling

Non-donor troll

3/3/13 10:14pm

At&t

SausageKingOfChicago

3/3/13 10:35pm

I have uverse and have had some problems lately too. But only at home. My work

Non-donor troll

3/3/13 10:45pm

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