Slow streaming on fast connection

gijoe50000

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Hi guys,
Just wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction here..
When streaming, I'm only getting about 1Mbps (bit not byte) but my connection speed is about 12Mbps-13Mbps..
For example youtube HD videos are shockingly slow ~1Mbps, while torrents, driver downloads and updates etc are fine at around 13Mbps. I don't think its restricted to Flash player because HTML5 player is the same. I've done all the usual stupid fixes like clearing temp files and all that.
I've got plenty free RAM, GPU and CPU to spare.. so its not a 'specs' issue.
Any thoughts?
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azathoth

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I get the same thing, it's an ISP throttling issue. Can't really do anything about it aside from using something like a download manager, creating multiple connections downloading the video first before watching.

At least that's what I have to do if I want to watch 1080p Youtube videos.
 

gijoe50000

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I was thinking that might be the problem alright.. Might contact my ISP and see if this is the case, see if I can get them to boost it a little.. :) It would make sense because streaming NEVER goes past 1.2Mbps except for the occasional spike..