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‎07-31-2021 05:39 AM

Re: Are uploads supposed to affect download speed?

by in Tech Support
‎04-21-2020 02:25 PM
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‎04-21-2020 02:25 PM
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I see. I had heard about the prioritization. I'm curious about how they decide what's schoo/work related and what's not, for example many professors are putting video lectures on YouTube.   Anyway, I guess I'll just wait until the pandemic is over before I try a large upload again. ... View more

Re: Are uploads supposed to affect download speed?

by in Tech Support
‎04-21-2020 12:38 PM
‎04-21-2020 12:38 PM
This sounds like this would explain a "slight" decrease in download speed, if it's even noticeable. I'm sending data to YouTube. For them to reply "I got that chunk, send the next one" or "please resend this chunk, it's wrong" should only be a few bytes, shouldn't it? Or did I misunderstand something?   I was on a DSL connection before I switch to Hughes about 8 or 10 years ago, and when I'd upload a school project I never noticed any slowdown when also downloading something. Could it be Hughes simply saying "Your plan allows X MB/s, you're using most of that that for uploading so you only get a trickle for downloads"? ... View more

Are uploads supposed to affect download speed?

by in Tech Support
‎04-21-2020 03:18 AM
‎04-21-2020 03:18 AM
I've had Hughes for several years now and so far I've been pretty happy with it.   I'm trying to upload a 4GB video file to YouTube. This is the first time I've done a large upload. I noticed that whenever the upload is running it absolutely KILLS my download rate. Streaming (on any platform) becomes impossible. It even loads IMAGES slowly, and sometimes I try to go to a site and get a momentary "cannot be reached" message (I haven't seen a connection THAT slow since the 1990's!).   Conventional wisdom with any other type of internet connection is that uploads don't affect downloads -- so I didn't think it would in this case? Or does Hughes throttle it to limit the total data rate?   My computer is plugged directly into the Hughes modem with an ethernet cable. No other devices are on right now (either ethernet or wifi). My data plan just reset for the month so I have a full meter, and everything is "green" on systemcontrolcenter.com. ... View more
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