Internet shows flawless page loading results, but streaming videos is slow.

[thehandyman]

I'm not sure if this topic is in the right section because it's such a specific problem, if it isn't please move it to an appropriate section.

My computer specs are not the problem I can run crysis max settings at max FPS.

Ok now that question has been answered, my problem is this. To explain what my title means, not youtube (for some reason I don't have problems with youtube) but other video players (novamov, videobb, videozer, megavideo etc.) sometimes would be slow as *censored*. I would like to blame my internet connection for the slowness but the fact that I'm able to load pages really fast at the same time that my videos stream ever so slowly confuses the heck out of me. So maybe it's not my internet network (which I am sharing between 5 people), but something else but I don't know what it is exactly.

It's weird because this hasn't become much a problem until recently.

[Transfusion]

What browser are you using? Have you tried clearing your cookies, cache, and temporary Internet Files?

[Rob Pomeroy]

Streaming video requires a LOT of bandwidth; loading a single web page does not.  Have you tried a speed test, such as www.speedtest.net?

[thehandyman]

I'm using internet explorer 9. Yes I always do that.

I just did a speed test run: PING: 5 ms   DOWNLOAD: 63.85 mbps  UPLOAD: 2.92 mbps

[Transfusion]

63.85 Mbps   Holy crap that is one fast internet connection!


Have you tried using another browser? i.e. Chrome/Firefox? Older video sites may have incompatibility with the newly-released IE9.

[thehandyman]

Yes I recently tried google chrome but it gives the same results. Well then again I do share the internet among 5 people, but I am also told sometimes the slow streaming is not because of bandwidth hogging. Like because the whole neighborhood is using the internet at this certain time that's why the internet is not working, or the internet server is on a coffee break. I am truely at a loss (infact I have a hard time believing it's any other reason than bandwidth hogging).

[rthompson80819]

Considering your problem, you need to do the speed test more than once to see if there are certain times you have a slow down in bandwidth.  If some of the others that you share your internet connection with are downloading video at the same time it's going to slow down your downloads.

If the speed you measured holds true you shouldn't have any problems downloading videos.

[thehandyman]

As outrageous as it is when someone downloads, everyone else's internet goes down. I've confirmed it again and again, the most recent memory being my dad downloading some old old series, and for that whole hour I wasn't able to go on the net. Wasn't even able to load pages. As soon as he stopped downloading, internet was fine and dandy again.

I don't mind if the internet goes down because that just makes it obvious that someone's downloading, but what bothers me is why there are times when streaming is so difficult. Because I know for a fact that everytime someone downloads the internet goes down. If nobody's downloading, why would the internet behave like that?

[whattfreak]

i had the same problem !
but i only had it every couple of days ...
anyway i finally figured out how to fix it :
unplog your router for about 20 seconds and plug it back in it worked for me !
trust me ts that simple 

[truenorth]

I think that more than likely you have identified the reason yourself. Varying available bandwidth. However if you know the other users and have access to them and can get their co-operation then you can test the theory. In whatever combinations you can arrange as to simultaneous usage from no other to all at once.Access one of the video sources that can be very slow and with a controlled situation as i have suggested try and observe what if any difference occurs.If there is no significant difference then that is not the issue. However like you i suspect it is.truenorth