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by: Areallusernamestaken May 6, 2012 1:13 PM PDT

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by Areallusernamestaken - 5/6/12 1:13 PM

I just moved into a new apartment, where they already have wireless set up with Bell.

Speedtest consistently shows 3-5M down, and most sites are loading swiftly. Youtube videos however, will play for maybe 10 seconds before freezing with the circular loading sign. Leaving them to sit and buffer has no effect, they will buffer ahead a few seconds and then stop loading. Dropping from 720p to 480p makes no difference whatsoever.

My flash player is up to date, and this problem occurs at all hours. I tried loading the same video on my phone, and it plays fine in HD so I don't suspect an issue on Youtube's end.

I did not have this problem prior to moving. The only thing that has changed in my setup over the last week is my service provider and the router I am connected to.

Any idea what settings might need to be tweaked to resolve this?


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Try one of the usual.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 5/6/12 1:19 PM

In Reply to: Youtube stops buffering, lags, unwatchable by Areallusernamestaken

Google this. After this we'll dive into other things such as your connection.

DISABLE FLASH HARDWARE ACCELERATION


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by Areallusernamestaken - 5/6/12 1:32 PM

In Reply to: Try one of the usual. by R. Proffitt Moderator

Hasn't made a difference.


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by R. Proffitt Moderator - 5/6/12 3:07 PM

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"new apartment, where they already have wireless set up with Bell."

I didn't read any added details so until I read more I'm going with ... the shared network access is congested and being shared means just that. Your speedtest if you notice is to the closest server which could have an unseasoned networker think that the speed is OK. Imagine the more seasoned person knows that this test is only telling us the best possible speeds and not what is available from the Youtube servers to our machine.
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