Interested to Know what others are getting on youtube

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Nebbie

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#109472 20-Sep-2012 12:44

Hi Guys

Just interested to know what everyone else is getting for some reason my account shows I get super fast speeds.....
I never have any issues with streaming Youtube.... 15/2.1 sync rates at home.... Slingshot Better Network.

URL: http://www.youtube.com/my_speed

Thanks
Bevin

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Ragnor

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#688949 20-Sep-2012 17:07

Nebbie: Hi Guys

Just interested to know what everyone else is getting for some reason my account shows I get super fast speeds.....

I wonder if their location detection isn't that good and that browsing youtube at work on fibre is skewing the results for your account.

Nebbie

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#688965 20-Sep-2012 17:20

Ragnor:
I wonder if their location detection isn't that good and that browsing youtube at work on fibre is skewing the results for your account.

I think they go from Source IP Address

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Detruire

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#689124 20-Sep-2012 21:45

Your average video speed at this location from Aug 20, 2012 to Sep 8, 2012 was 8.66 Mbps.

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DravidDavid

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#689133 20-Sep-2012 22:15

8.63 for me. :)

I'm pretty happy with YouTube.

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#689134 20-Sep-2012 22:21

Just for comparison... Telecom at home.

djtOtago

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#689147 20-Sep-2012 23:03

In Chrome,
Your average video speed at this location from Aug 20, 2012 to Sep 8, 2012 was 10.00 Mbps.

In IE9,
Your average video speed at this location from Aug 20, 2012 to Sep 8, 2012 was 8.50 Mbps.

Really makes wonder how accurate it really is :)

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#689149 20-Sep-2012 23:11

Nebbie: I think they go from Source IP Address

If you don't have a static ip address, it's possible the address you now have, may have been assigned to someone with a much faster connection some time in the past.