I seem to be going into a second time this year of what really has me thinking that somebody is throttling YouTube playback between about 9pm to about midnight.
Last time this happened I got a very serious sounding denial from my ISP that they were throttling. Of the many interactions and communications I've had with them over the years that one statement came through to me as very serious sounding. I mean, kind of like a 'don't you dare say that again' type of sound. That kind of sound from an ISP that sort of has you thinking they will stop your service.
But it seems to me they really wouldn't have much choice but to say that, even if they are the ones doing the throttling.
But even if it isn't them, something is wrong, for sure.
Yes, I know that traffic gets routed all over the place and all that stuff we can learn when we study this issue, but there is a pattern in this second event that very much matches what happened the first time and I am now going to ask here on this site if any of the members here might have any reason to believe that during the hours of about 9pm to about midnight that playback of their favorite video site seems rather slow? Maybe even really, really slow?
I am not really interested in pointing fingers at anyone at this time. I just want to know if I am alone in this in Japan? And, if not, the degree any one of you might be experiencing the throttling.
For example, I just found a nice 1-minute news clip on a news site and it is very obvious that something was so wrong with the buffering. So I'll work with that one over the next 48 hours or so and even video the screen as it does its thing and then I can absolutely prove what's going on. I've already done two Net connection speed tests this evening and they are fine.
Last time this happened I got a very serious sounding denial from my ISP that they were throttling. Of the many interactions and communications I've had with them over the years that one statement came through to me as very serious sounding. I mean, kind of like a 'don't you dare say that again' type of sound. That kind of sound from an ISP that sort of has you thinking they will stop your service.
But it seems to me they really wouldn't have much choice but to say that, even if they are the ones doing the throttling.
But even if it isn't them, something is wrong, for sure.
Yes, I know that traffic gets routed all over the place and all that stuff we can learn when we study this issue, but there is a pattern in this second event that very much matches what happened the first time and I am now going to ask here on this site if any of the members here might have any reason to believe that during the hours of about 9pm to about midnight that playback of their favorite video site seems rather slow? Maybe even really, really slow?
I am not really interested in pointing fingers at anyone at this time. I just want to know if I am alone in this in Japan? And, if not, the degree any one of you might be experiencing the throttling.
For example, I just found a nice 1-minute news clip on a news site and it is very obvious that something was so wrong with the buffering. So I'll work with that one over the next 48 hours or so and even video the screen as it does its thing and then I can absolutely prove what's going on. I've already done two Net connection speed tests this evening and they are fine.