All video streams slow, everything else fast


  1. Posts : 55
    Windows 7 Professional (not sure which Build)
       #1

    All video streams slow, everything else fast


    Hey guys,

    I just upgraded to cable speed internet today. For some reason, I can download files at normal speeds, but whenever I stream videos on youtube in HQuality/HD, then it lags. It just won't load steadily. It loads a bit, then stops, then loads a bit, then stops...

    I've had this problem before when I had XP installed. The cure for that was to uninstall the wireless program that came with the wireless adapter. I tried uninstalling comcast's program today and still have the problem.

    Is the speed I see when I'm downloading a file (from firefox download window) the real speed that is transferred to my PC or just the speed from the server to the modem/router?

    Hope I didn't confuse anybody...
    Thanks
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  2. Posts : 6,618
    W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE
       #2
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  3. Posts : 55
    Windows 7 Professional (not sure which Build)
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Hmmppf... It says 17.89 Mb/s download and 3.22 Mb/s upload... sounds good enough apparently...

    CNN videos stream fine i've just realised... the PC is even hard-wired to the router and is slower than what i receive with my laptop...what's going on??
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  4. Posts : 6,618
    W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE
       #4

    You are right that those numbers are more than sufficient, but they are not MB/s, they are Mbps which are not equal. In any case, it is not your connection that is the problem.
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  5. Posts : 55
    Windows 7 Professional (not sure which Build)
    Thread Starter
       #5

    well I converted the bits to bytes and everything seems below DSL speed whenever I watch youtube videos... and guess what, this only happens during rush hour of home-arrivers... speed in the morning till afternoon is great, but after that and well in the night, it spucks sballs...
    our whole neighbourhood is somehow prewired with comcast and i haven't seen anybody with a dish yet... i guess this affects my speed... this is frustrating...
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