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New #1692
Pebbly, it's the same with all our household rigs. Even if, as at this moment, I'm doing some heavy downloading (another rig downloading currently at 2.6 MBps), I always have at least this kind of speeds available:
Still, Youtube needs about minute and a half to two minutes to buffer one minute of 360p or 480p.
I can't stand it anymore.
Kari
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New #1693
I have it happen on certain videos. But in general, they just play all the way through. But it is something about the certain videos, and it is repeatable. A Guy
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New #1695
Hi Kari, you should also try to run Pingtest.net - The Global Broadband Quality Test to determine the quality of the internet connection. However, at this speed, it should not really buffer. I have a 2Mbps connection but the video doesn't buffer (90% of times) even at 720p HD resolution on YouTube. On pingtest, my line quality is A.Pebbly, it's the same with all our household rigs. Even if, as at this moment, I'm doing some heavy downloading (another rig downloading currently at 2.6 MBps), I always have at least this kind of speeds available:
Still, Youtube needs about minute and a half to two minutes to buffer one minute of 360p or 480p.
I can't stand it anymore.
Kari
Just my 2 cents.
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New #1696
I suspect it's youtube's fault. If I open any page with a video embedded my IE 8 slows to a crawl for several seconds before it's responsive again.
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New #1697
That's fast compared to out Australian internet. Mine can only reach about 4MB!Pebbly, it's the same with all our household rigs. Even if, as at this moment, I'm doing some heavy downloading (another rig downloading currently at 2.6 MBps), I always have at least this kind of speeds available:
Still, Youtube needs about minute and a half to two minutes to buffer one minute of 360p or 480p.
I can't stand it anymore.
Kari
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New #1698
On ADSL1 I get 6.9 Mb/s which is close to the maximum because I'm close to the RIM. The further you are from the RIM the bitrate will decrease.
Some Australian subscribers have ADSL2 or ADSL2+ services which give much higher download bitrates and upload bitrates.
Asymmetric digital subscriber line - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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New #1699
Lots of us here are Internet "challenged" compared to overseas countries.
The dreaded Pair Gain connection.
Ugh!
A short sighted, money saving scheme.
Pair gain - Wikipedia, the free enecyclopedia.
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New #1700
Exactly Jan. I live in a relatively new development (~10 years old) and they put in a RIM (pair gain technology) obviously as a cost saving measure.
I am against the privatization of core infrastructure which is a natural monopoly.
You get crappy service and things break down. Then costs creep back up anyway.
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