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AT&T Uverse and Twitch.tv
Not sure if it has been posted about on this board before but in the last couple of months there has been a huge stutter and lag problem across the board for all major ISP's and this site, to include Uverse. From what I can tell it occurs at the Level 3 CDN that uverse routes through. I know Comcast and Time Warner have talked to Twitch.tv to get this issue fixed but is AT&T going to be doing anything about it?
Izzmo
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11 years ago
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Donovan1981
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11 years ago
also what time does he watch streams? Because before noon its fine. One source also used ATT lines on the VDSL. Because when i would do a tracert. It would show a sbcgobal IP address. Its just uverse trying to limit us due to the bandwith
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JefferMC
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11 years ago
Time of day I can answer: anywhere between about 9 AM and 11 PM, any day of the week, but more on weekends. He's watching League of Legends captures, usually in full screen but I haven't paid much attention to the resolution, though I can say it didn't look grainy or jumpy when I've looked at it.
And... what possible difference does it make on "Are there are a lot of viewers on the stream he is watching?"
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JefferMC
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11 years ago
Between 9AM and 11 PM ET, and when I'm looking at it with him, its usually in the evening.
Would you like a chance to rephrase those statements as to make a cogent argument, because you certainly failed that time.
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Izzmo
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11 years ago
If he's just watching "captures," or I would assume the saved videos, then I think streaming would be fine. But actual live streams are the problem.
I have found, and I don't really know if it's related, but streams with hundreds of viewers are sometimes worse and loading than streams without tens of viewers.
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JefferMC
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11 years ago
Okay... so: explain to me, in simple terms, what the difference is on the AT&T side of the equation between the live stream and the saved videos. Take your time, I'll wait.
He watches both the captures and the live competition videos at different times.
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Izzmo
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11 years ago
I knew I was shooting myself in the foot a little there. BUT, I would assume it has to do with the videos being served from different places. Obviously live streaming is different technology than saved vidoes..
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JefferMC
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11 years ago
Well, the video stream is probably not compressed as well on live video as on prerecorded, so it may require more bandwidth. It may come from a different server.
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oufanindallas
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11 years ago
So, the links that JefferMC posted aren't proof enough that it's not an AT&T problem and that other major providers are having the same issue. Whatever, people seem to be so blinded by their issues that the forget the forest for the trees. The same issue that people have with YouTube and claim it's an AT&T issue, I have at work and we have an OC3 speed at work and we still have issues with some streaming services.
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Izzmo
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11 years ago
How about we look at this a different way oufanindallas. People who don't have problem don't complain, so you do not hear from them. You only hear from the people having problems.
That being said, TWC has problems with what appears to be bandwidth limiting. UVERSE is the other big one that comes up. Verizon is spotty based on the Twitch.tv KB and usually has something to do with outages.
I can literally go next door to my friend's place, who uses Cox Internet, and it will be fine on the same stream. That's a UVERSE issue.
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