20 meg problems with video streaming (youtube etc)

[louisg]

Hi i currently have 20 meg, i will be moving onto 50 meg soon.

i have problems watching streaming sites like you tube etc. they take ages to buffer.
I havent had and t/m issues.
They work fine on my friends 2 meg sky b/b but not on mine. any ideas?

Will 50 meg help?

[louisg]

anyone advise?

[louisg]

This is just shocking watching sky sports interview, can hear people speaking put video is all out of sync:td:

[cook1984]

Trying to watch videos on Virgin in the evenings is pretty much a waste of time.

[dd11]

When i was on, 10meg & 20meg youtube was horrible! It would be great one week then completely useless trying to watch videos the next.

Upgraded to 50mb not too long ago and its great with youtube now, even at peak times etc you can watch em all in HD etc. love it!

[louisg]

just find it strange my friend has a 2 meg line with sky and it works fine.

[cook1984]

Sky seems to be less oversubscribed.

[DVD Cinema]

What are the minimum download speeds for Youtube/BBC iPlayer with Virgin @ 10/20 and 50mbps?

[cook1984]

Youtube should work on 2mb or better, maybe 5mb for HD videos.

The problem is not the line speed, it's congestion on the Virgin Media network.

6pm and 9pm are the worst times. 6pm is when people get home from work/university and start watching all the videos people sent them links to, catching up on news etc. 9pm is when all the downloaders have their software set to kick in, so there is a massive bandwidth spike as they all start off.

[louisg]

i find i have probelms in the day though, before 3pm