# Why have my youtube uploads (specifically) slowed down?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-my-youtube-uploads-specifically-slowed-down/631284>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 12, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-my-youtube-uploads-specifically-slowed-down/631284 "2012-08-12T17:32:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-my-youtube-uploads-specifically-slowed-down/631284/1 "2012-08-12T17:32:27Z")

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I have a very reliable, fast cable internet connection through cox. [Speedtest.net](http://Speedtest.net) usually puts me at about 30Mbps down, 5-6 up. Practical tests fell somewhat short of that - around 4MB/s down (close), 270-300K/s up (somewhat short). Still, that 300K number was pretty reliable and I could upload 1gb videos to youtube in about 50 minutes.

For no apparent reason about two weeks ago, that changed. Now 1GB videos take 4-8 hours to complete on youtube, using the same browser, same uploader, etc. But I’ve also tried multiple browsers just in case, same result. But my [speedtest.net](http://speedtest.net) results are the same, and if I uncap my torrent uploaders, I can still get above 250K/s in uploads. So it doesn’t appear that my general internet connection has been capped.

So then why specifically are my youtube uploads so slow? It doesn’t seem like youtube would need to put a cap on its incoming bandwidth, which is probably really cheap. Is Cox in some sort of dispute where they specifically hamper traffic towards youtube? Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-my-youtube-uploads-specifically-slowed-down/631284/2 "2012-08-14T00:02:11Z")

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Do any other video services behave this way? Try Hulu. It could be because Cox has throttled you down due to volume.

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**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-my-youtube-uploads-specifically-slowed-down/631284/3 "2012-08-14T01:09:33Z")

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Clearly your neighbor is stealing your bandwidth too.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-my-youtube-uploads-specifically-slowed-down/631284/4 "2012-08-15T19:15:36Z")

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> [@Number](#):
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> Clearly your neighbor is stealing your bandwidth too.

They could even be doing it legitimately, unless cable has been redesigned to be properly throttled for individuals since I last used it. It seems that, often, everyone on the block essentially shares the same pipe.

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**Author:** ![Blakeyrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blakeyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blakeyrat)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-my-youtube-uploads-specifically-slowed-down/631284/5 "2012-08-15T23:11:25Z")

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Call up your ISP and ask if they’ve changed anything in how they shape traffic.