Streaming Video

[Jokama]

I am sure there has been a topic or 2 on this subject before but this is my first post so sorry if I am asking a redundant question.

Anywho, I have cable internet but any steaming video seems to go patheticly slow. Youtube, apple trailers, google video anything is like I still running on 56K. Web pages load in a flash but I have to pause video and wait for it to buffer.

My friends comp at his house, he also has cable internet loads streaming video in a jiffy and he has a much old and slower comp than I do.

I do not have a slow computer. I built my comp not too long ago. I have a intel Core 2 duo 1.8 GHz CPU and 1 GB of very fast RAM. It's a gaming comp so I really don't think the speed of the computer is the problem.

So if anyone know what the problem is and any possible ways to fix it that would be awesome

Thanks in advance!

 

[Greg]

http://speakeasy.net/speedtest

Post back with the results

 

[Jokama]

I live in Massachusetts by the way.


To Seattle, WA:

Download: 467 kbps
Upload: 358 kbps

To San Fransico, CA:

Download Speed: 326 kbps (40.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 360 kbps (45 KB/sec transfer rate)

To Los Angeles, CA:

Download Speed: 351 kbps (43.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 358 kbps (44.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

To Dallas, TX:

Download Speed: 465 kbps (58.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 362 kbps (45.3 KB/sec transfer rate)

To Chicago, IL:

Download Speed: 659 kbps (82.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 362 kbps (45.3 KB/sec transfer rate)

To Atlanta, GA:

Download Speed: 887 kbps (110.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 363 kbps (45.4 KB/sec transfer rate)

To New York City:

Download Speed: 5886 kbps (735.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 362 kbps (45.3 KB/sec transfer rate)

The Washington DC:

Download Speed: 552 kbps (69 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 363 kbps (45.4 KB/sec transfer rate)

 

[suicide007]

... New York seems faster than all the others. lol just a typo. i used to have charter cable, and i had almost identical speeds. it has low latency, which is great for gaming, but it has low bandwith, which made streaming video a pain. but we upgraded to bellsouth, which has literally twice the latency, which gives me horrible pings, but its bandwith is amazing, like 3mega-bits/sec. so the problem is simple; your internet is slow.