How is your ISP doing with increased traffic due to the COVID-19?

[Dark_Nate]

My YouTube playback is stuck at 480p, I am not even getting the option for 720p or above.

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YouTube Will Now Default All Video Playback To 480p, Because Y’all Are Streaming Too Much - Stuff South Africa

Streaming services have been capping video playback resolution left and right since the virus struck the globe. South Africans happily scraped by the new

stuff.co.za

 

[Jonas]

Yeah, I suspected that. But I didn't know I'm streaming that much. I've switched to a different profile now.

 

[Rehan Kumar]

For some reason 720p is not being considered as HD in youtube
Only 1080p and above is

 

[Dark_Nate]

Can somebody explain what's going with the latency to AWS? How is it even possible to have 8ms to São Paulo?
BSNL FTTH, Shillong.

@varkey Any ideas?

With WARP+

Without WARP+

 

[AshikAliLive]

BSNL FTTH, Mysuru.

With Wireguard tunneling, (Bangalore DO Droplet)

 

[Bruce_Wayne]

Internet service providers in UK to lift all data caps - ET Telecom

 

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[lucifer]

Let alone single digit, how is it even possible to have 2 digit latency to US/EU from India

 

[Dark_Nate]

@lucifer A friend of mine who's doing his M. Tech CSE with networking as his specialisation says it's likely due to miscalculations on some devices on the route, which can happen especially with peak traffic.

 

[varkey]

Latency goes for a toss in the afternoons

 

[C3PO]

@varkey same here with YBB, but Airtel and TSBB are more or less unaffected as of now.