I’ve heard that too .. not a fan of dumb TV’s .. err I mean start TV’s… they ain’t so smart often …
I do see fast.com <http://fast.com/> typically a bit slower than speedtest.net <http://speedtest.net/> - this is fairly accurate finding in my opinion as both are served on-net in our case so takes the network itself out of equation …. Just did a speedtest from home at got about 25Mb/s on fast.com <http://fast.com/> and got 32Mb/s on speedtest.net <http://speedtest.net/> for example > On Oct 7, 2016, at 1:09 PM, Robert Andrews <[email protected]> wrote: > > We had a customer with a smart TV.. (Samsung) that was having tons of > problems with Netflix... Had them put in a USB ( chromecast?) dongle to > access it, problem gone... A lot of smart TV's aren't... > > On 10/07/2016 10:05 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: >> Can you torch the traffic to the 2 different IPs and see if anything is >> different? Same number of TCP connections and coming from the same >> place? Is there something different in your rDNS that could be >> confusing Netflix to think they should send from a server halfway around >> the world or something? >> >> It is also rare for Netflix to rebuffer these days, since they are >> pretty good about switching stream rates on the fly. Well, depending on >> the streaming device. I hate these “smart” TVs, who knows if the app >> has been updated. Also home WiFi can be an issue. I’ve had customers >> complain about Netflix rebuffering on their WiFi connected smart TV or >> even not even being able to load the app, yet I plug my laptop into >> their router and stream Netflix flawlessly. Then they start with “it >> doesn’t happen all the time”, in other words it’s only working because >> you’re here. >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Mike Hammett >> *Sent:* Friday, October 7, 2016 11:44 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Fast.com (Netflix) tests significantly slower >> than EVERYTHING ELSE >> >> That means your path to Netflix sucks. Join an IX. >> >> Wait, so just their IP is bad? Another IP is good? Weird... >> >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL><https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb><https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions><https://twitter.com/ICSIL> >> Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix><https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange><https://twitter.com/mdwestix> >> The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> >> >> >> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> *From: *"Chris Wright" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> *To: *[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> *Sent: *Friday, October 7, 2016 11:15:39 AM >> *Subject: *[AFMUG] Fast.com (Netflix) tests significantly slower >> than EVERYTHING ELSE >> >> I have a couple customers who are testing poorly at fast.com, yet their >> speeds are great on speedtest.net servers. Naturally they claim Netflix >> constantly buffers and accuse me of throttling Netflix – we’re doing no >> such thing. For giggles I kicked their SM for a moment and put their >> pppoe account in a laptop at the NOC, set the throttle exorbitantly high >> (100mbps) and let it rip. 2mbps to fast.com, 99mbps everywhere else. >> Testing an adjacent IP in the same subnet will do 99mbps at both >> fast.com and speedtest.net. >> >> I would be on the phone with my upstream asking questions if other IPs >> in the same subnet were experiencing the same results. This whole thing >> feels like Netflix is targeting individual IPs with a throttle hammer. >> Any ideas here? >> >> Chris Wright >> >> Network Administrator >>
