You can read about the solution here:
http://mitchribar.com/2013/02/time-warner-cable-sucks-for-youtube-twitchtv/
Loaded up some 1080 videos on YouTube and it seemed to go significantly faster. (Note that this probably only makes Twitch VODs faster, unless somehow live-streaming also goes through the CDN?) Here's the short explanation of how it works:
[ISPs are] throttling downloads from servers (CDN) that host cached videos. By rejecting these IP address ranges you will force the video to be served to you directly.
Hope it helps.
You can read about the solution here:
http://mitchribar.com/2013/02/time-warner-cable-sucks-for-youtube-twitchtv/
Loaded up some 1080 videos on YouTube and it seemed to go significantly faster. (Note that this probably only makes Twitch VODs faster, unless somehow live-streaming also goes through the CDN?) Here's the short explanation of how it works:
[quote][ISPs are] throttling downloads from servers (CDN) that host cached videos. By rejecting these IP address ranges you will force the video to be served to you directly.[/quote]
Hope it helps.
Seems to be working for me. Thanks man <3
Seems to be working for me. Thanks man <3
this stuff originated from a reddit post a while back:
http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/13kmvd/have_time_warner_internet_but_can_barely_stream/
it's a popular post but its one of the dumbest I've ever seen.
first, it has nothing to do with ISPs. ISPs don't choose or control what CDN you get pushed to when you request a video. And if they really wanted to throttle you this wouldn't do shit, they would throttle connections to all Google CDNs.
second, if that does somehow improve your speeds, all it means is Google's load balancing is shit and they were sending you to bad or overloaded CDNs. and if you do do this keep in mind it won't magically make all videos as fast as your connection, all CDNs can get hammered, and video speeds depend on which videos reside on which servers, and what route you have to take to get to them.
Lastly, keep in mind that this will block 60000+ IP addresses. Don't be surprised if it either makes the initial loading of videos slower, or completely breaks some stuff.
this stuff originated from a reddit post a while back:
http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/13kmvd/have_time_warner_internet_but_can_barely_stream/
it's a popular post but its one of the dumbest I've ever seen.
first, it has nothing to do with ISPs. ISPs don't choose or control what CDN you get pushed to when you request a video. And if they really wanted to throttle you this wouldn't do shit, they would throttle connections to all Google CDNs.
second, if that does somehow improve your speeds, all it means is Google's load balancing is shit and they were sending you to bad or overloaded CDNs. and if you do do this keep in mind it won't magically make all videos as fast as your connection, all CDNs can get hammered, and video speeds depend on which videos reside on which servers, and what route you have to take to get to them.
Lastly, keep in mind that this will block 60000+ IP addresses. Don't be surprised if it either makes the initial loading of videos slower, or completely breaks some stuff.