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OT: Detecting ISP throttling (was: Re: Potentially OT. Videos lagging & buffering in any browser but Google Chrome.)

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On Sunday, March 26, 2023 04:21:00 PM Cindy Sue Causey wrote:
> One last thought is I read somewhere that ISPs, especially smaller
> ones, have been caught throttling users based on type of usage even
> though the same ISPs label their services as unlimited. Conspiracy
> theories tossed aside, that's still a rational possibility that needs
> pursued on my end here.
> 
> BUT THEN... Google Chrome does work properly. That's why I haven't
> wasted any time nor brain storage on actively investigating local ISP
> throttling as a most likely answer. :)

I suspect my ISP (Earthlink) may be throttling me.  Not too long ago, I could 
watch (stream) TV programs on PlutoTV (on my DSL line (I know)) but could not 
stream movies (and I assumed the movies might have had a higher resolution and 
thus required more bandwidth).

But, a few months ago, I was no longer able to stream TV shows.

I guess I could run a speed check on my line and compare to some older 
results, but I can imagine the speed test could be fooled (maybe they've 
throttled my connection either for specific IPs / websites, or maybe for 
specific "classes" of data.

Any other suggestions?

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Potentially OT. Videos lagging & buffering in any browser but Google  Chrome. "Juan R.D. Silva" <juan.r.d.silva@gmail.com> - 2023-03-26 07:00 +0200
  Re: Potentially OT. Videos lagging & buffering in any browser but  Google Chrome. Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2023-03-26 22:30 +0200
    OT: Detecting ISP throttling (was: Re: Potentially OT. Videos lagging & buffering in any browser but Google Chrome.) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2023-03-30 13:20 +0200
      Re: OT: Detecting ISP throttling (was: Re: Potentially OT. Videos  lagging & buffering in any browser but Google Chrome.) Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> - 2023-03-30 14:00 +0200
        Re: OT: Detecting ISP throttling (was: Re: Potentially OT. Videos  lagging & buffering in any browser but Google Chrome.) Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2023-03-30 18:40 +0200
        youtube-dl → yt-dlp, was Re: OT: Detecting ISP throttling (was: Re: Potentially OT. Videos lagging & buffering in any browser  but Google Chrome.) David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-03-30 18:50 +0200
          Re: youtube-dl → yt-dlp, was Re: OT: Detecting ISP throttling (was: Re: Potentially OT. Videos lagging & buffering in any browser but Google Chrome.) Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> - 2023-03-30 19:50 +0200
            Re: youtube-dl → yt-dlp, was Re: OT: Detecting ISP throttling (was: Re: Potentially OT. Videos lagging & buffering in any  browser but Google Chrome.) David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-03-30 20:10 +0200
              Re: youtube-dl → yt-dlp, was Re: OT: Detecting ISP throttling (was: Re: Potentially OT. Videos lagging & buffering in any  browser but Google Chrome.) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-03-30 20:40 +0200
              Re: youtube-dl → yt-dlp, was Re: OT: Detecting ISP throttling (was: Re: Potentially OT. Videos lagging & buffering in any browser but Google Chrome.) Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> - 2023-03-30 20:50 +0200
                Re: youtube-dl → yt-dlp, was Re: OT: Detecting ISP throttling (was: Re: Potentially OT. Videos lagging & buffering in any browser but Google Chrome.) l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2023-03-30 23:00 +0200
                Re: youtube-dl → yt-dlp, was Re: OT: Detecting ISP
 throttling (was: Re: Potentially OT. Videos lagging & buffering in any
 browser but Google Chrome.) l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2023-03-30 23:30 +0200
                Re: youtube-dl → yt-dlp, was Re: OT: Detecting ISP  throttling (was: Re: Potentially OT. Videos lagging & buffering in any  browser but Google Chrome.) Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2023-03-30 23:30 +0200
                Re: youtube-dl → yt-dlp, was Re: OT: Detecting ISP throttling (was: Re: Potentially OT. Videos lagging & buffering in any browser but Google Chrome.) l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2023-03-31 00:30 +0200
                Re: youtube-dl → yt-dlp, was Re: OT: Detecting ISP throttling (was: Re: Potentially OT. Videos lagging & buffering in any browser but Google Chrome.) Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> - 2023-04-16 02:20 +0200

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