YouTube and Netflix ‘Throttled’ by Carriers
In Australia I noticed my downloads from some sources were much slower than others.I have two examples: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.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.I switched ISP and now both of those issues are gone.From my understanding that points pretty strongly towards throttling. Though admittedly my knowledge may be lacking.Note: This is for a wired connection. But I thought it was relevant anyway.