I watch 360p when videos I can see good enough other times I do 1080P on youtube and I lag even on 360p so is just me that youtube is slow times or are other people getting slow at youtube sometimes to. I watch on wire since my laptop is somewhat broken even than same thing on my laptop sometimes like on the wired desktop.
I've had poor youtube performance for months.
There seems to be some issue between youtube and Fios because it's fine on other computers of friends and family who have other services. And other than youtube, my connection is perfect, download speeds are great and other video site play smoothly. Disappointing because youtube is the main thing that I do online it was fine a few days ago before I switched from Comcast to Fios.
I am having no problems with You tube using I.E.8 and windows XP.
It's certainly a YouTube issue not so much a Verizon issue. CDNs are complex things that take a ton of time to explain. Considering one of these threads pop up each week I need to make a guide for that. Either way, if you're not seeing it on other providers, see if the download rate is inconsistent. The problem may be happening on other providers but to a lesser extent.
I have been using mozilla for a long time and nothing else or chrome sometimes but its good to see that I am not the only one having problems with youtube.
I've experienced similar slow speed problems on YouTube. Only on YouTube. It occurs when I am viewing popular videos or during the evening. Same videos in the early morning are fine. I suspect the problem is that the YouTube servers are being overloaded. This was be more apparent during certain times and vary with the content.
I am having same issue for weeks, but not just youtube. Every evening I will have random slow down to different sites and after 1-2am it will be back to full speed. I asked my friend that also use FIOS to test his youtube and he can stream HD videos with no problem. I contacted Verizon and they said there is a problem in Los Angeles and they are still trying to fix it.
FIOs is So slow now. We can't even get images to load - it takes 5 minutes per pages to see a page of pictures on ebay or catalog shopping sites. Forget about uploading to Flickr. It's ridiculous. We have to use our non-verizon phones to get our email sometimes because FIOS just hangs and hangs and so slow. It's just stupid sloooow. We are looking into switching to COX.
BTW, I ran the speed test on Verizon.com and the down load speed of .56mbs (point 56 mbs not 56 mbs). Then when I loaded the optimization tool that Verizon offers my Norton Anti Virus analized it and warned it was UNSAFE and deleted the tool. So this is what we are dealing with and it **bleep** me off when I see ads on TV with Verizon braggin about FIOS high speed internet and TV. This is reality.
@Customerfromva wrote:FIOs is So slow now. ..... We are looking into switching to COX.
I left COX for FIOS. FIOS is much faster.
My old dial up connection was faster than the FIOS service we have now.
you may want to disable your anti-virus just to install the optimizer. It does help.
But it may not be your solution. It only helped me when I first had FIOS installed. I'm also getting extremely low DL speeds <1 mbps
I have been having exctly the same thoughts. Seems like for the last 3 or more months YouTube streaming is artificially throttled. Everyone else with other carriers including the much hated Comcast people are having no problems. Also, no p[roblems from work or elsewhere. I don't know what Verizon is upt to.
maybe they really want people to upgrade for only 10 dollars to 75/35mbps service. I currently have 50/35.... so I wouldn't be suprised.
Just went back to comcast 3 days ago I have to tell everyone my Fios 75/35 connection was 50 times slower on youtube than my new 50/10 connection on comcast. It's a shame they cant get this issue solved I would have never left but I personally value youtube to much to stay. I can honestly say I have been able to watch what I want when I want in HD without even a hitch of buffering.
I am glad I came upon these threads regarding this issue. Youtube is mostly unusable for me. I didn't like comcast but at least they didnt have problems with the worlds largest video sharing site. I have chatted and called twice complaining about the hang ups and problems with Youtube. I didn't have problems with comcast. My cell phone plays youtube videos faster than my home internet! Terrible.
Dumping Fios tomorrow before i have to pay a cancellation fee.
I wish I would have used Youtube within the first few weeks I had Fios, because I would have cancelled. I've also had issues streaming from my xbox/ps3 with media center or media servers since I've had Fios. I've had TWC and Comcast not too long ago and never had these type of issues. I only use Youtube every few days or so, but it **bleep** me off that I'm paying all this money every month and I have all these issues.
contact tech support ask them to run a break dhcp lease
and reboot the ONT it should be fixed.
if you are calling them from home phone then the call might be disconnected hence try using your cell phone or use the chat suppport on wired connection.
I'm in the Philadelphia area, and even YouTube's 240p pauses every 2-3 seconds. I have tried fixing DHCP, DNS, etc. and nothing has worked. My cellphone can stream videos faster on 3G than I can with the computers in my house.
Has anyone found a long-run solution to this? Or has FiOS starting to throttle connection speeds?
Same problem here. Running OpenDNS. Tried multiple browsers, cleared caches, updated Flash. Vimeo runs fine. Apple movie trailers download or play in HD at full rated speeds. It's a YouTube issue and there is no resolution at this point in time.
Having this issue in Plymouth, MA. Youtube is basically unusable, even on 240p.
This is rediculous!
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