Twitch.tv to be delivered via Sydney shortly

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myfullflavour

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#185409 21-Nov-2015 16:43

Thought some would be interested to know that Twitch.tv will be peering with us and other ISPs in Sydney in the coming days.

Unsure at this point if all their live streams will be served via Sydney or a regional selection, if the former, there should be no reason a user can't stream Twitch in source 99% of the time once the peering is established.

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Dolts

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#1432324 21-Nov-2015 16:51

Great news.
Buffering during a tournament is so lame.

Lorenceo

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#1434894 25-Nov-2015 23:29

If anything it seems worse than when it was coming from the US for me. Previously a 3500kbps stream would be ok for 10-20 seconds and then buffer. Now it's every 5-10 seconds.

I hope it's just a teething thing.

Lorenceo

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#1438112 30-Nov-2015 20:21

I've been in contact with Twitch staff about this. They're apparently aware of the issue, and are looking in to it. Whether that was just them trying to make me go away, or they're genuinely looking into it, I don't know.
I'd imagine that considering the costs of their Sydney delivery system, they're working to sort it so they get the most out of it.

Every time you're watching Twitch and it buffers, report it. The greater awareness they have of the problem the better.