On 19/02/2020, David Cantrell <da...@cantrell.org.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 03:38:36PM +1100, Paul Thornett wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately the problem certainly doesn't lie with my ISP. I say
>> unfortunately, because it's relatively easy to change ISP. But my
>> quoted speeds are 100Mbps/40Mbps, and on some sites I get my 10Mbps
>> per second. With get_iplayer I have in the past seen speeds up to
>> perhaps 8 Mb/s, but nowadays it's far lower. Right now I'm getting 1.1
>> Mb/s, and am poised to cancel the download as soon as I get an
>> "Unexpected size" error. Which has just occurred, not 2 minutes after
>> I wrote the previous sentence.
>
> How do you know that it's not being caused by your ISP? Perhaps they're
> throttling some types or sources of traffic.
>
On a 50Mb/s line my get_iplayer downloads typically show about 48. The
files the OP is having trouble with each downloaded yesterday at
around 50.
INFO: Downloading tv: 'The Split: Series 2 - 03. Episode 3 (p0818k20)
[editorial]'
INFO: Downloaded: 1306.17 MB (00:57:57) @ 50.72 Mb/s (hvfsd1/bi) [audio+video]
As he seems to be the only person having problems I agree that it is
most likely his ISP, or internal wiring.

Geoff Smith

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