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hanguker
Joined: 16 Mar 2005
Location: Korea
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 Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 2:32 am Post subject: Youtube is practically unusable on KT |
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Anyone having a problem? For the last week I haven't been able to watch anything on youtube without waiting ages and ages. It's been unwatchable, even in SD.
I've tried other video sites with no problem. I'm in Busan. |
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AsiaESLbound
Joined: 07 Jan 2010
Location: Truck Stop Missouri
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| Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 2:45 am Post subject: |
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| I have SK and it's slow where I have to wait a few minutes for a video to load. |
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languistic
Joined: 25 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 3:06 am Post subject: |
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| No probs in Seoul on KT. Busan sucks. |
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hanguker
Joined: 16 Mar 2005
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 3:12 am Post subject: |
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I'm wondering if there is some traffic-shaping going on. Maybe Youtube is getting too much traffic. I don't know.
Strange, because I haven't met any Korean people who say they use Youtube. Everybody just chants....wait for it...
Cyworld! |
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languistic
Joined: 25 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 3:18 am Post subject: |
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cj1976
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 4:26 am Post subject: |
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| languistic wrote: |
Crikey! The new whine in old skins....
Korea is not shaping traffic at all. They aren't limiting torrents or any such thing. Korea has no DPI in effect; they don't even know what folks are downloading. Korea is still behind the ball, thankfully; busting websites, not ports, protocols or programs.
There is a local problem or your comp is borked. |
There was a bit of a fight between Google/youtube and the Korean government. Some suspect that youtube might actually be getting bit for it. I routinely find many youtube videos to be slow regardless of location or what I'm using (ipod touch on local wifi, on my wibro egg, pc at home, friend's laptop, etc) |
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hanguker
Joined: 16 Mar 2005
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 4:29 am Post subject: |
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| languistic wrote: |
Crikey! The new whine in old skins....
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You're irrelevant Mr. 11/2009.
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| I routinely find many youtube videos to be slow regardless of location or what I'm using (ipod touch on local wifi, on my wibro egg, pc at home, friend's laptop, etc) |
I'm in the same boat. I'm only mentioning it because it is ridiculously slow now and other international sites are working fine. Everything else, including downloads, are working just great.
I didn't realize that there was some fighting going on between Korea and Youtube. That would explain things. |
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daxdefranco
Joined: 04 Jul 2009
Location: chipyeong-dong, gwangju
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| Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 5:30 am Post subject: |
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| languistic wrote: |
| No probs in Seoul on KT. Busan sucks. |
I'm in Seoul with KT and I've been having the same problem...but with other sites also. Torrents work fine, but youtube and wtso (watch the simpsons online) are, like the op said, practically unusable.
op, if you have suggestions on a fix i'd like to hear it! thanks! |
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denverdeath
Joined: 21 May 2005
Location: Boo-sahn
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| Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 8:14 am Post subject: |
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| Just guessing here, but it may have something to do with their new setup with vevo, whatever vevo is. The video quality is HUGELY better, that's for sure...no longer seems like you're swimming through mud when watching a vid. Definitely better to pause the vid as soon as it begins and let it buffer for a couple minutes though. |
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smogdonkey
Joined: 19 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 12:47 pm Post subject: |
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| I had this problem, randomly, a few months ago here in the US, then it went away. In the meantime, I used http://www.hidemyass.com/proxy-list/ . Don't ask me why, I don't remember where I found out about that helping, but it did. |
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smogdonkey
Joined: 19 Dec 2006
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languistic
Joined: 25 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 1:47 pm Post subject: |
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detourne_me
Joined: 26 May 2006
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| Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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I swear it has to be some sort of retribution from Google.
Youtube is pretty much unusable for me in Seoul using QOOK.
I have absolutely no problem with speed on anything else. I can even stream HD videos without buffering on my ps3 |
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vincentmiser
Joined: 14 Jan 2009
Location: Everywhere
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| Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 12:12 am Post subject: |
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Maybe you should invest in some proper headphones.
There is a direct relationship between fast DL speed and refined hearing ability. |
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