# Trouble With Internet Video
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-with-internet-video/472280
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [November 12, 2008, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-with-internet-video/472280 "2008-11-12T01:21:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@WillSantini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillSantini)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2008, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-with-internet-video/472280/1 "2008-11-12T01:21:51Z")
Started yesterday while attempting to watch CSI on [fancast.com](http://fancast.com). The video pauses every few seconds. So I went to [CBS.com](http://CBS.com) and tried to watch it there, doing the same thing.
I’ve never had trouble with it before. Anyone have advice on how to fix this?
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### Author:  [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2008, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-with-internet-video/472280/2 "2008-11-12T01:24:04Z")
It’s probably a routing issue. Somewhere between your ISP and the CBS servers is a bottleneck. All you can do is sit it out while a new route eventually sorts itself out.
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### Author:  [@Apex\_Rogers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apex_Rogers)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-with-internet-video/472280/3 "2008-11-12T01:33:28Z")
What is your home connection speed? A slow DSL line might have issues keeping up with a high bandwidth signal. Also, as GuanoLad points out it could be a bottleneck between you and the video server. In that case you have little recourse but to wait and try again later.
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### Author:  [@WillSantini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillSantini)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2008, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-with-internet-video/472280/4 "2008-11-12T01:38:54Z")
> [@ApexRogers](#):
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> What is your home connection speed? A slow DSL line might have issues keeping up with a high bandwidth signal.
I’m not sure what the connection speed is, but when I ordered the internet service, I opted for the fastest connection available offered by the company. And I’ve never had trouble with this before, I use fancast (or CBS, ABC, etc etc) almost everyday, and didn’t have a problem until yesterday.