[ NNSquad ] Possible throttling of Youtube during peak hours?

[bj <bj@bitchslappin.net>]

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<http://help.youtube.com/group/youtube-issues/browse_thread/thread/8ed93f25=
677e6903?hl=3Den-US#>

<http://help.youtube.com/group/youtube-issues/browse_thread/thread/e4c2ddd3=
38914e64?hl=3Den-US#>

<http://help.youtube.com/group/youtube-issues/browse_thread/thread/aa0fb8f3=
27eef01a?hl=3Den-US#>

I'm on RCN and having the issue. Others on Time Warner are also having the =
same experience.

To summarize one of the posts:

quote--
I've been having this problem for days now. During the day the load=20
fine, at night and weekends slow and no load. I have time warner cable=20
and i'm starting to believe they are messing with it. I ran a tracert=20
for youtube and they are clogging traffic to youtube through some=20
proxy. I searched and found someone else had found this issue,and he=20
is getting the same thing i get:=20

9    56 ms    55 ms    56 ms  ae-0-0.pr0.dfw10.tbone.rr.com=20
[66.109.6.181]=20
10    59 ms    58 ms    55 ms  66.109.9.98=20
11     *       58 ms    68 ms  10.33.160.21=20
12     *        *        *     Request timed out.=20
13     *        *        *     Request timed out.=20
14     *        *        *     Request timed out.=20
15    74 ms    78 ms    65 ms  youtube.com [208.65.153.251]=20
that 10.33.160.21 is a private ip, it does not belong there.  =20
--unquote

I'd be happy to run diagnostics to trace down the issue via my RCN connecti=
on if someone would walk me through it. Unlike you folks, I'm not a techie,=
 just someone who depends on the internet to run my business.


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Ciao for now,
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      [ I would be extremely careful about jumping to conclusions in
	this regard.  Without specific knowledge of the network
	topologies involved, it is easy to misinterpret such
	situations.  If TW (or any other ISP) is specifically
	targeting YouTube (or any other service) for slowdowns, that's
	potentially a major issue.  However, there is a very
	significant threshold of proof required before claims of 
	such actions should be bandied about.

        Detailed analysis of this situation is welcome, but more
        appropriately should be posted in the ISP or Reports 
        sections of GCTIP Forums ( http://forums.gctip.org ).

        -- Lauren Weinstein
           NNSquad Moderator ]        

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