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I have a conspiracy theory.
I pay for 20mb Internet speeds.
I often notice that youtube videos lag out on me and my speeds don't seem to be very good.
So I run a speed test.
It indicates that I have a 160ms ping and 2mb download rate.
Not good.
Wait a minute. Run it again.
100ms ping 5mb download speed. Better.
Wait a minute
46ms ping 18mb download speed.
Interesting!
I think ISP's have programs in place to monitor if people are actually checking their speeds. If they aren't they slow it down. If they are they speed it up to what they are paying for.
I've done this many times over the last year. Always the same story.
Is there a way to set up a speed tester that runs automatically every ten minutes or something?
What you guys think?
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>>57092446
>What you guys think?
that you're retarded
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>>57092446
You're not getting what you paid for and need to complain.
>I can't
You can.
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Try a VPN. It will tell you that either your ISP is throttling youtube, or they are cheap fucks with shit backbone peering.
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>>57092446
try fast.com, it is operated by netflix so uses the same servers.
If you get crappy speed on that you'll get crappy netflix streaming speed as well.
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mbits/8=MBs
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I actually routinely find that when I run a speed test against your big testing sites, its fast as hell, but if i test against some random unknown site, it get shit speeds.
My theory is that they prioritize traffic to certain test sites to give you false sense of 'getting what you paid for'
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>>57092446
There's all sorts of shit that can slow you down. Does your ISP use interleaving?
>>57092668
A lot of sites use that "Ookla" bullshit program.
http://speedof.me/
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