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I've had Centurylink for years (fiber and DSL) and they consistently seem to throttle most video sites. Netflix/youtube has always been hit or miss. If you ask

by rhexs 8y ago

I've had Centurylink for years (fiber and DSL) and they consistently seem to throttle most video sites. Netflix/youtube has always been hit or miss. If you ask about this on reddit or dslreports you immediately get shills claiming that they would never do that / it's impossible. Weird. Using a VPN always fixes the issue.

metildaa 8y ago
Have you compared IPv4 versus IPv6 performance? Centurylink seems to have much better peering via IPv6 (still a bit slow to certain destinations though), in part because they only peer with Hurricane Electric and other non-Tier 1's for IPv6.
- rhexs 8y ago
  Nope. I’ll try that out. My modem is only getting a ipv4 address right now, but maybe I can configure it.
  - rhexs 8y ago
    Shucks. No ipv6 support in my area.
    - metildaa 8y ago
      Try 6RD, that is what I use.
jcims 8y ago
The YouTube situation with CenturyLink used to be laughably bad. It’s gotten a little better as of late (10mbps DSL in Ohio), but VPN is still the way to go.
wil421 8y ago
I have AT&T fiber and experience the same thing with YouTube. If I jump on my VPN it fixes everything. It was really bad most of the year but has improved lately. Maybe it actually was a peering issue.
- rhexs 8y ago
  Sure, but when does not paying for quality peering become throttling? To me it’s the same thing — just a stealthy workaround. A few months to a year? Poor peering, sure. Longer than that? Intentional.
  - wil421 8y ago
    It’s absolutely intentional. I think the telcos have been holding out upgrading key peering points to wait for the Net Neutrality repeal.
driverdan 8y ago
It's not throttling, it's bad peering. Their links to video services get saturated.