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05-05-2010, 11:57 PM
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Jack Burton
 Join Date: May 31, 2002
Location: Ireland
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Is Youtube slow for anyone else lately?
I'm connecting fine, browsing and pinging perfectly, yet videos seem to buffer so much slower (almost at dial-up speeds), to the point where uninterrupted streaming is impossible. Just wondering if anyone else is experiencing it. Just check 2 or 3 videos randomly, see if you can view 'em without the video bufffering. www.Youtube.com
Of course, the usual list of suspect factors to check first and foremost have been investigated (i.e. downloads/uploads in background, connections both internal and external etc.).
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05-06-2010, 12:18 AM
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Ironworks Webmaster
Join Date: January 4, 2001
Location: Lakeland, Florida
Age: 52
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Re: Is Youtube slow for anyone else lately?
HELL Yes! And it's Google. They basically ruined Youtube... They now tier the videos with bandwidth throttling. Newer videos will get more bandwidth/speed, old videos MUCH less.
It sucks. Hell, sometimes it takes longer to buffer that the actual video's length.. I don't get it.. a 2 min video taking 3-4 mins to buffer. irritating as hell. If they don't change this, Youtube will be dead soon. (It's not your connection either) I am seeing reports on the google forums, and everywhere else.. I installed a flash video downloader, and went to youtube, and went to download a video, expecting it to download super fast. nope. 54.3kb a second. That is a joke. And on a 20mb connection... pings, tracert fine... |
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05-06-2010, 12:24 AM
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Ironworks Webmaster
Join Date: January 4, 2001
Location: Lakeland, Florida
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Re: Is Youtube slow for anyone else lately?
Oh yeah, btw--youtube's 'new' design sucks ass. Whoever did that needs to be fired. twice.
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05-06-2010, 12:26 AM
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Jack Burton
Join Date: May 31, 2002
Location: Ireland
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Re: Is Youtube slow for anyone else lately?
Aha. Well, at least it ain't me. It's usually annoying to talk to my ISP on the phone about elusive bandwidth issues - half the time they have no idea what i'm on about and just keep telling me my advertised internet speed.
Throttling, yuck. So basically, the more obscure your video, the slower it goes. I basically have to queue up videos now as a rule of thumb. I always liked Google but man, with the commercials, flash ads and now this, I am changing my mind.
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05-06-2010, 12:27 AM
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Jack Burton
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Re: Is Youtube slow for anyone else lately?
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05-06-2010, 08:03 AM
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Elminster
 Join Date: April 15, 2009
Location: Australia
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Re: Is Youtube slow for anyone else lately?
The new design is HORRIBLE!!! Especially the "recommended videos" part, or whatever it is. Most of the time they don't even relate to the video you're watching! I liked it before...
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05-06-2010, 08:53 AM
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Jack Burton
Join Date: August 24, 2002
Location: Aussie now in the US of A!
Age: 38
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Re: Is Youtube slow for anyone else lately?
Glad i'm not the only one that thinks the new "design" sucks monkey balls.
It looks like someone just went into the HTML and highlighted half of it and pressed Delete |
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05-07-2010, 06:37 AM
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Elminster
Join Date: April 15, 2009
Location: Australia
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Re: Is Youtube slow for anyone else lately?
I've just been on Google. What is going on? It looks so strange! It actually seems hard to navigate around it now. What was wrong with it before? Why are people needlessly changing things that work fine as they are? Sigh...........................................
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05-07-2010, 09:59 PM
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Ironworks Webmaster
Join Date: January 4, 2001
Location: Lakeland, Florida
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Re: Is Youtube slow for anyone else lately?
I think the Google CEO's get bored or something and decide to 'make it new and improved' (That is a keyword for SHIT!).
And comments don't have a spacer line.. just all together like crap. blah.. whoever designed--er, undesigned it needs a quick beating...  
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05-07-2010, 10:51 PM
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Knight of the Rose
   Join Date: July 11, 2002
Location: Coral Springs, Fl USA
Age: 41
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Re: Is Youtube slow for anyone else lately?
I wonder what would happen if everyone who thinks what they did to youtube sucks suddenly stopped using the site.
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