Google Video Quality Report

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Post by dudus » Wed, Jan 22, 2014, 3:59 PM UTC

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#2

Post by eb0la » Wed, Jan 22, 2014, 4:27 PM UTC

Telcos will have to invest in capacity where Google wants in order to get a good rating. Since Google is a de-facto monopoly, I think we'll see an Antitrust case soon.

Re: Google Video Quality Report

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Post by earlz » Wed, Jan 22, 2014, 4:32 PM UTC

Good. I swear youtube is throttled by Time Warner Cable for me. I stream Netflix, Hulu, etc and never have problems with them. I can confirm that I'm getting my speeds of 20MBit/s down, and yet almost every video on YouTube buffers. If I use youtube-dl to download the video, I can confirm that my actual connection speed is somewhere around 60KB/s. If I then use youtube-dl on my VPS with the same video, I get somewhere between 2MB/s and 8MB/s.

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Post by flurpitude » Wed, Jan 22, 2014, 4:33 PM UTC

Good step but in the absence of true competition between ISPs this does little for the end user. I can discover that my connection is bad, and then what?

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Post by ddorian43 » Wed, Jan 22, 2014, 4:34 PM UTC

eb0la wrote: post #2

Telcos will have to invest in capacity where Google wants in order to get a good rating. Since Google is a de-facto monopoly, I think we'll see an Antitrust case soon.

How is youtube a monopoly?

There are many free-to-upload/host videosistes.

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Post by adrianscott » Wed, Jan 22, 2014, 4:34 PM UTC

well played, Google.

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Post by illumen » Wed, Jan 22, 2014, 4:35 PM UTC

flurpitude wrote: post #4

Good step but in the absence of true competition between ISPs this does little for the end user. I can discover that my connection is bad, and then what?

If you have the largest online advertising and marketing company in the world telling everyone that an ISP sucks... well, then guess what the ISP will do?

Either nothing, or lose customers.

Re: Google Video Quality Report

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Post by ddorian43 » Wed, Jan 22, 2014, 4:35 PM UTC

flurpitude wrote: post #4

Good step but in the absence of true competition between ISPs this does little for the end user. I can discover that my connection is bad, and then what?

At least you will know whos fault it is and direct your hate when the posibility arises, (new videosite or new isp).

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Post by kyle_t » Wed, Jan 22, 2014, 4:37 PM UTC

earlz wrote: post #3

Good. I swear youtube is throttled by Time Warner Cable for me. I stream Netflix, Hulu, etc and never have problems with them. I can confirm that I'm getting my speeds of 20MBit/s down, and yet almost every video on YouTube buffers. If I use youtube-dl to download the video, I can confirm that my actual connection speed is somewhere around 60KB/s. If I then use youtube-dl on my VPS with the same video, I get somewher…

^this. Same with Netflix though for me. Where are you based? I'm in Austin, Tx.

Any of the speed tests online will report 30mbps/5mbps, but I'm unable to stream HD on Youtube or Netflix during peak times.

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Post by _greim_ » Wed, Jan 22, 2014, 4:39 PM UTC

flurpitude wrote: post #4

Good step but in the absence of true competition between ISPs this does little for the end user. I can discover that my connection is bad, and then what?

Then you go out and vote. The absence of true competition is because the average Joe isn't quite clued into the underlying problem of why things are slow. I suspect this is Google's way of raising awareness.