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udanwudeligv
Junior
6 years ago

Super-slow download, only working in short bursts?

Hi folks, Today I'm trying to download a smallish video off youtube and it seems extremely slow. Data saver is turned off, and I'm showing my "normal" 1-2MB download speed, but it's only downloading f...
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  • maratsade's avatar
    maratsade
    6 years ago

    I see that with YouTube sometimes, and I think the issue is with them, with the technology they use for their videos. Someone else may have a better answer, though. 

  • udanwudeligv's avatar
    udanwudeligv
    6 years ago
    Yeah, I found this: https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/49490/is-youtube-throttling-video-downloads-now And at the mention of "popular" videos not being slow and unpopular ones being very slow, I tried downloading from two people I follow on youtube who have very large followings (2M and 823K ) and those downloaded in a SNAP! So sadly the poor person with a Patreon and Youtube channel with only 255 subscribers gets the pokey speeds. That sucks but I'm sure it's because Youtube makes more $$ of the big guys. Well at least now I know.
maratsade's avatar
maratsade
Distinguished Professor IV

I see that with YouTube sometimes, and I think the issue is with them, with the technology they use for their videos. Someone else may have a better answer, though. 

udanwudeligv's avatar
udanwudeligv
Junior
6 years ago
Yeah I think you're right it has to do with youtube, because I tried downloading from another website and it was continuous AND much faster. So the question is, is that Youtube's fault, or Hughesnet throttling certain websites.
  • maratsade's avatar
    maratsade
    Distinguished Professor IV
    6 years ago

    Nope, it's YT, and I believe it has to do with the technology they use for their videos. HN doesn't throttle websites. They only throttle your speed when you go over your data allowance. 

     

    udanwudeligv wrote:
    Yeah I think you're right it has to do with youtube, because I tried downloading from another website and it was continuous AND much faster. So the question is, is that Youtube's fault, or Hughesnet throttling certain websites.

     

  • udanwudeligv's avatar
    udanwudeligv
    Junior
    6 years ago
    And for anyone who might ask, System status is all good, and I'm 6 days away from a new month, but still have 8GB left...but yeah it's as likely that it's Hughesnet as it is Youtube.
    • udanwudeligv's avatar
      udanwudeligv
      Junior
      6 years ago
      Yeah, I found this: https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/49490/is-youtube-throttling-video-downloads-now And at the mention of "popular" videos not being slow and unpopular ones being very slow, I tried downloading from two people I follow on youtube who have very large followings (2M and 823K ) and those downloaded in a SNAP! So sadly the poor person with a Patreon and Youtube channel with only 255 subscribers gets the pokey speeds. That sucks but I'm sure it's because Youtube makes more $$ of the big guys. Well at least now I know.
      • maratsade's avatar
        maratsade
        Distinguished Professor IV
        6 years ago

        Wow, that's very interesting!