YouTube and Netflix ‘Throttled’ by Carriers
In Australia I noticed my downloads from some sources were much slower than others.<p>I have two examples:<p>1. YouTube vs Netflix. When I would try to watch YouTube in the evenings it would not buffer fast enough for continuous playback. While Netflix would. I assumed that my ISP was prioritising Netflix traffic. When I turn on my VPN YouTube plays much smoother in full quality.<p>2. Steam downloads. When I would download a game off the automatic download server is would start at full speed (Blistering 100mbps on NBN...) and after a few seconds drop down to single digit kbps. When I switched the download server to the Singapore one I would get constant full speed downloads. Could either be throttling that specific server, or there is something wrong with that server.<p>I switched ISP and now both of those issues are gone.<p>From my understanding that points pretty strongly towards throttling. Though admittedly my knowledge may be lacking.<p>Note: This is for a wired connection. But I thought it was relevant anyway.