I'm on optus and for a brief period I tried their 100MB option. I noticed youtube videos would never fully download. It would load ahead a short amount and then stop and just keep pace with the video. I wonder what affect this has on the numbers.
David "If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards... checkmate!" -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama On 31 October 2012 10:55, Tony Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > > > <rant> > > > > I’m interested in seeing how many of you experience YouTube throttling. > > > > It irritates me that I have BigPond Cable Ultimate Liberty, experiencing > download speeds of between 50Mbps and 100Mbps most of the time, but any time > I visit YouTube or ABC iView, I get atrocious speeds. I never got this when > I was on TPG. > > > > If you use youtube, there is a youtube page where you can see a comparison > to see how throttling is affecting you: > > http://www.youtube.com/my_speed > > > > Basically, normal internet use would see lots of peaks and troughs. When > being throttled, the lines flatten out somewhat, and are below the average. > My speeds are consistently below Victorian average, and I’m on Telstra’s > fastest product. WTF? > > > > Bring on the NBN I say. > > > > </rant> > > > > Regards, > > Tony > > > >
