Just started university, streaming media being rather strange...

[Iskuri]

Hi, I moved into my halls today and I set up my internet which is rather slow, however, loading websites is absolutely find speed wise but streaming stuff is really slow. I can be streaming and then try downloading something and the speed is absolutely fine. Can anyone tell me what I can do about it or will I have to upgrade my internet for £200? Thanks in advance.

[JohnEdwards]

Oh okay some people here use "streaming" as a substitute for torrents.
Best bet is to contact the system admin

[Iskuri]

This isn't torrents... I am talking streaming media, youtube and the like.

[NovembrDobby]

uh

streaming != torrents

rate me late

[Iskuri]

Nah it's good to clarify the point Novembr.

[NovembrDobby]

anyway maybe try talking to the admins about it?

edwards stop editing to make me look silly >:(

[Stunted]

[QUOTE=Iskuri;17395740]Nah it's good to clarify the point Novembr.[/QUOTE]

Indeed.

[Iskuri]

I could call the admins though that would be an embarressing phone call if it was meant to be like that. I thought I would ask the experts here first. By the way it is a wired network.

[Mattz333]

I'm assuming then that your internet connection runs through a proxy and it is restricting speeds on certain websites or the university proxy servers are busy.

[Iskuri]

Hmmm could be such a problem, thanks. I just don't want to have to pay that kind of money for fast internet I would rather just go home!

[Iskuri]

Anyone else have any ideas?

[Bl4ckDmon]

Might be something to do with the network switches at your Uni, in which case you really can't bypass unless you use a program to set your total download speed to 100kbps even if you can get 300Kbps, that way you have a constant total, if that doesn't work try streaming stuff at non-peak hours.

[Iskuri]

OK, thanks, I also have 2 other problems. Facebook will not load and whenever I exit from the loading it says are you sure you want to navigate away from this page. Also, msn keeps showing other people that I am offline. Can I get help with those 2 problems? Thanks.