On 19/02/2020 00:21, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
Hi,
RS wrote:
Your only real remedy is to complain, complain and complain again to
your ISP, or find a better ISP.
I'd have thought it's the CDN choice that's being made rather than ISP.
For example, having the line ‘exclude-supplier bidi’ in my
~/.get_iplayer/options fixed a problem for me a few months back.
The OP needs to investigate what CDN/supplier is being used when he's
having problems.
Hi Ralph
I did also suggest using the Limelight CDN. It seems to me more logical
to specify what I want rather than exclude what I don't want, but they
both have the same effect. If BIDI (the BBC's own CDN) is the first
choice and you exclude it, you will get the second choice which is
usually Limelight (but check that it is).
When BIDI was introduced it often had some healthy download speeds, but
it may be more prone to overloading that Akamai and Limelight. Older
programmes which are not being requested very often may have fallen out
of caches, resulting in slow downloads, so it is worth trying all the CDNs.
Best wishes
Richard
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