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Internet Throttling
Bucketman
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Call meSkraggRegistered User regular
Hello folks. So I have Comcast, its crap I know but its the only high speed in the area. Basically I have an issue where even though we have Blast Plus! internet, and are suppose to get up to 50 MBPs, when someone is watching netflix its drops out internet to like, 0.5 MBPs (according to Speedtest.net) I'm wondering what the deal is? Its not just using the internet, my roommate can be playing Halo while I play league of legends and my girlfriend is facebooking and my other roommate is playing phone games and everything runs smooth, but as soon as someone turns on Netflix, its bomb city.
I was wondering if this is a normal thing (I googled and didn't find much) or if itsa router problem or if I should call Comcast or what? Thanks in advance
I was wondering if this is a normal thing (I googled and didn't find much) or if itsa router problem or if I should call Comcast or what? Thanks in advance
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Also keep in mind that 50Mbps is 50 megabits per second, you have an advertised rate of 6.25 Megabytes per second.
Also make sure you have a DOCSIS 3.0 Modem, I don't think the DOCSIS 2.0 fully supports 50mbits.
We have an SMCD3GNV wireless gateway, which I think runs on the DOCSIS 3.0
Shogun Streams Vidya
so on a whim I just started to google "comcast throttling netflix"
I'm not joking when I say I got to "comcast t" before google finished the search with "comcast throttling netflix"
It could be a common thing Bucketman. Do you typically use Netflix in prime time? Have you tried using it specifically at a different time? Early in the morning, super late at night, etc? I ask because between the hours of like 6pm and 9pm on most nights I can't use youtube. I just can't. The site is painfully slow, if I'm able to bring up a video's page I end up with the fuzzy screen error, or the video takes an eternity to load. I assume it is partly my ISP which is idiots and also idiots using youtube to listen to music.
Shogun Streams Vidya
My netfix woes were never as bad as yours, but I definitely had a 3-4 times higher lag before the gaming router.
Also, are you running speedtest over wireless at the same time as Netflix on wireless? Your router may be at fault.
I'll give them a call tomorrow, even though I doubt it will accomplish much, its worth a shot
You're literally getting around 25% of what they advertise. I know, I know, "up to" and all that, but that's pretty bad.
As for what to do about it - well, Netflix SuperHD could eat up the majority of 12mbps quite easily. It may not be any sort of throttling - you may just plain be running out of bandwidth.