On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 12:18 PM, <ifum...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have noticed my youtube being slow compared to my internet > connection....i think you are right. I am on bigpond liberty as well.**** > > ** ** > > I will be looking for a alternative youtube anyay, too many ads are > showing....again..getting too powerful for my liking...**** > > ** >
When they get that big, the server/bandwidth costs mandate ads. > ** > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *mike smith > *Sent:* Wednesday, 31 October 2012 11:53 AM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: [OT] BigPond You Tube throttling**** > > ** ** > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Tony Wright <tonyw...@gmail.com> wrote:* > *** > > Hi all,**** > > **** > > <rant>**** > > **** > > I’m interested in seeing how many of you experience YouTube throttling.*** > * > > ** ** > > Is it deliberate throttling, or what I'd call accidental (caused maybe by > inadequate backhaul)?**** > > **** > > **** > > 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 **** > > **** > > ** ** > > It doesn't look good, but I am at work. I don't have any expectation that > youtube should be good here.**** > > ** ** > > **** > > 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?**** > > ** ** > > I'll look at it on my vdsl2 connection at home, I'm paying for 100/30 > there. vdsl seems to work better than adsl, but I think it's the typical > installations (fibre to apartment basement, cat 5 to vdsl2 modem in > apartment.) that fix the degradation with distance adsl suffers. Cable > would be HFC? THat depends on how many users you have running off the > local fibre node? I refer you to Graeme Samuel**** > > ** ** > > > http://www.zdnet.com/fttn-hfc-are-dead-end-nbn-alternatives-samuel-7000005901/ > **** > > ** ** > > HFC networks have gotten so bad that Samuel joked that he advises > neighbours at the street Christmas party not to subscribe to Telstra's > "hopeless" HFC — just so "at least I can continue to get reasonable speeds > at 8 p.m."**** > > "Fortunately, most people listen to me as the local expert on the subject, > and don't go onto Telstra's cable for their broadband," he laughed. "It's a > great relief in my street."**** > > **** > > **** > > Bring on the NBN I say.**** > > **** > > </rant>**** > > **** > > Regards,**** > > Tony**** > > **** > > **** > > > > **** > > ** ** > > -- > Meski**** > > http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv**** > > > "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, > you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills**** > > ** ** > -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
