I had similar issues with Verizon, others have reported similar issues with Time Warner and YouTube, but had some success by blocking one of the IPs in midroute

I had similar issues with Verizon, others have reported similar issues with Time Warner and YouTube, but had some success by blocking one of the IPs in midroute: http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/196170/how_to_stop_time_warner_cable_sucking_at_youtube/ http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/196170/how_to_st... It's hard to tell how often this is getting messed up by content delivery partners in the middle, versus intentional traffic shaping, but it sucks either way.