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specifically-slower YT download speeds
Things are getting slower and slower here and I'm trying to figure out what's going on. Over the last 6 years I have, VERY frequently, gotten up early and downloaded videos off of youtube, during B...
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If it's just YouTube, it's possible it could be an upstream problem with HughesNet's provider (Level3, Qwest, or other) or it just could be DNS-related routing problem. Rebooting everything (modem, router and computer) and see if it shakes loose.
If it persists after that, you might want to open a terminal window and type "traceroute youtube.com" to see where the possible roadblock is.
Edit: Just another thought, you might want to try different combinations of turning the Video Data Saver and Web Acceleration on and off and see if that makes a difference as well.
Yeah, this sounds like a Video Data Saver thing... Hughesnet will automatically throttle speeds to various streaming sites to help force SD playback to save users data. You can disable this feature.
You can view more information including how to disable the Video Data Saver option here: Video Data Saver FAQIt's a fairly new feature that was introduced with Gen5 service plans, but, Gen4 plans have also been upgraded to include the Video Data Saver feature in the last month or two.
C0RR0SIVE, ah that makes perfect sense then and YES, thanks to you both, that worked like a charm! I rebooted and turned off the video saver button.
Thanks. I will definitely try rebooting everything early in the AM and also turning off the Video Data Saver...
If those don't work, it might take me a bit to understand the rest of what said but hopefully some of this will work...
Is this fairly NEW? Because this has gotten a lot worse in the last month or so...
Thanks again.
It's a fairly new feature that was introduced with Gen5 service plans, but, Gen4 plans have also been upgraded to include the Video Data Saver feature in the last month or two.
C0RR0SIVE, ah that makes perfect sense then and YES, thanks to you both, that worked like a charm! I rebooted and turned off the video saver button.
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