Ok, so here’s the deal. I have a reasonably good computer, as I only bought it about 2 months back. It’s seriously quick when im using applications and the internet, it’s just when I come to watch videos on youtube or BBC Iplayer the streaming speeds slow to a crawl.
Are there any accelerators out there that actually work or anything I could do to make it faster that does not mean I have to download the video?
Hey,
Im afraid it sounds like your bandwidth limit with your ISP (Internet Service Provider). What id do to test this is check your bandwidth speed with the following website below:
http://www.speedtest.net/
and see whether your getting up to or close to the speed your paying for (Id Recommend 3mb p/s for iplayer at a minimum). If not then id definitely consider in checking your pc for apps running in the background etc. Im on fibre and bbc iplayer runs perfect all the time 
Accelerators that apparently boost your internet speeds are pointless. The speed your getting is the maximum speed you can have.
You could also check one thing which is if your using a "Torent" program for downloading music etc… even when your are not using these programs the torrent program is still leeching your bandwidth of you so other people can download what you have on your machine. Make sure its closed down
Hope this helps
J
It sounds like your internet connection is not up to spec, what connection speed do you have. 2mb, 10mb etc?
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Try to keep down the amount of bandwith your computer using. Closing programmes like Msn, extra "tabs" that you have open on the browser and any programmes like "bbc iplayer, 4od and/or items like p2p programmes.
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Experience myself.
As mentioned before, might be the speed of your connection.
I’m actually going with this:
Update your flash player. Just about everyone uses flash. http://www.adobe.com
I had issues with hulu till i updated flash.
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Hey,
Im afraid it sounds like your bandwidth limit with your ISP (Internet Service Provider). What id do to test this is check your bandwidth speed with the following website below:
http://www.speedtest.net/
and see whether your getting up to or close to the speed your paying for (Id Recommend 3mb p/s for iplayer at a minimum). If not then id definitely consider in checking your pc for apps running in the background etc. Im on fibre and bbc iplayer runs perfect all the time
Accelerators that apparently boost your internet speeds are pointless. The speed your getting is the maximum speed you can have.
You could also check one thing which is if your using a "Torent" program for downloading music etc… even when your are not using these programs the torrent program is still leeching your bandwidth of you so other people can download what you have on your machine. Make sure its closed down
Hope this helps
J
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IT TECH
Dont use HD on YouTube and run Google Chrome which fastens up Streaming
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I recommend you a free tool that can help you download youtube video easily. and it can convert the donwloaded video to many portable player or mobile phone. such as, iPod, iPhone, Nokia, BlackBerry and son so.
you can get this tool at here:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nextvideosoft.com%2F&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=
this free tool called "Next Video Converter"; Beside downloading YouTube video, Next Video converter can also help you convert video and Rip DVD to most popular video formats including DVIX, Xv iD, MOVE, RM, RM VB, MPEG, VB, DVD, MV, and AVI to MPEG-4 movie format for iPod, PSP, PS3, iPhone, XBox360, Zune, Apple TV, Archos, iRiver PMP, Epson Player, Creative Zen, Rubi Blue, Sony Walkman, Commodore PMX, Palm TX, Game Boy, SmartDisk, Windows Mobile Smart phone, Nokia, BlackBerry, Ketti, LG, Sony-Ericssonon, Samsung mobile phone, etc.
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