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oliver9184 · 06-26-2011, 04:00 AM

My internet speed is usually between 2 and 4 mbps, according to speedtest.net and at pingtest.net the result is usually C or D rating. This one always fails trying to measure packet loss. When I try to watch videos on youtube and other video sites they load far slower than is practical to watch them. A 10 minute 480p video will take an hour or so to fully load. It takes as long to download using keepvid.com. The file size is only about 60mb which at a 2mbps speed should take 30 seconds. I know the speed is also affected by factors at the other end but an hour for a 60mb file is one mb per minute, equals about 16kbps if my maths is correct. That's slow enough that something has to be wrong somewhere. I have no idea what, or how to fix it.

I'm in Vietnam where there are government firewalls and things in place to block Facebook and the BBC, etc, but this problem has only just come up and I haven't heard any similar complaints from people I know here. I have hunch it has to do with the packet loss thing but I have no clue what packets are or why I might be losing them.

Can anyone help with this? Big thanks to anyone who can lend a hand. My browser is Chrome but the same happens in IE and Firefox.

Jetée · 06-27-2011, 03:45 PM

Is the problem solely isolated towards streaming videos (Flash) in your web browser of choice, or have you additionally noticed that your upload/download speeds have altered as well? (testing it out with any random program of interest you might like from Filehippo.com is a quick way to make sure.)

Pure speculation here, (as I don't really know what packets are/do either) but it might be a problem and/or shift with your provider's servers. Or... perhaps the youtube servers that are mainly dedicated towards your geographic area of the worldwide web are under increased strain, due to population, webhits, environmental factors, or whatever else might affect the hub in which is dedicated to making sure some sites stay running.

I've had this problem arise a few times over the years, but before I could fully investigate what the exact root of the disturbance was, I moved onto the next rodeo.
I'm very intrigued to see and help in whatever capacity I can to see if you can 'normalise' your video-viewing proclivities once more.

oliver9184 · 06-29-2011, 08:32 AM

I thought it was just videos but I think downloads generally are slow. In the browser at least, Stuff downloading via other programs is a bit quicker.

Thanks for the reply but I'm thinking more and more that the slowness is due to something I can't do anything about, ie a shitty router.

06-26-2011, 04:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
oliver9184 Psycho	requesting help with slow videos in browser My internet speed is usually between 2 and 4 mbps, according to speedtest.net and at pingtest.net the result is usually C or D rating. This one always fails trying to measure packet loss. When I try to watch videos on youtube and other video sites they load far slower than is practical to watch them. A 10 minute 480p video will take an hour or so to fully load. It takes as long to download using keepvid.com. The file size is only about 60mb which at a 2mbps speed should take 30 seconds. I know the speed is also affected by factors at the other end but an hour for a 60mb file is one mb per minute, equals about 16kbps if my maths is correct. That's slow enough that something has to be wrong somewhere. I have no idea what, or how to fix it. I'm in Vietnam where there are government firewalls and things in place to block Facebook and the BBC, etc, but this problem has only just come up and I haven't heard any similar complaints from people I know here. I have hunch it has to do with the packet loss thing but I have no clue what packets are or why I might be losing them. Can anyone help with this? Big thanks to anyone who can lend a hand. My browser is Chrome but the same happens in IE and Firefox.

06-27-2011, 03:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	Is the problem solely isolated towards streaming videos (Flash) in your web browser of choice, or have you additionally noticed that your upload/download speeds have altered as well? (testing it out with any random program of interest you might like from Filehippo.com is a quick way to make sure.) Pure speculation here, (as I don't really know what packets are/do either) but it might be a problem and/or shift with your provider's servers. Or... perhaps the youtube servers that are mainly dedicated towards your geographic area of the worldwide web are under increased strain, due to population, webhits, environmental factors, or whatever else might affect the hub in which is dedicated to making sure some sites stay running. I've had this problem arise a few times over the years, but before I could fully investigate what the exact root of the disturbance was, I moved onto the next rodeo. I'm very intrigued to see and help in whatever capacity I can to see if you can 'normalise' your video-viewing proclivities once more. __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi Last edited by Jetée; 06-27-2011 at 03:48 PM..

06-29-2011, 08:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
oliver9184 Psycho	I thought it was just videos but I think downloads generally are slow. In the browser at least, Stuff downloading via other programs is a bit quicker. Thanks for the reply but I'm thinking more and more that the slowness is due to something I can't do anything about, ie a shitty router.