Otherwise my speed is running 3-5 Mbps tonight but video is being throttled well below that. Is that shaper using an algorithm that reduces video connection speed by a percentage of the available speed? If it is, that explains it. Intentional, working as intended?
If so, okay, not a problem but, I don't think this is what y'all want to be happening.

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Anyhow, remember the Evolution plans that woukd allow normal browsing all the time and then just throttled video? Yea. That didn't work the best either.
The key would be to just allow downloading of online content for later viewing. I mean that is what I do. But why can't Viasat or Hughesnet partner with a developer or develop their own video downloader. I mean they developed their own browser, and it works pretty well.
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He's aiming at the wrong person... he needs to aim higher up the food chain ;)
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I was trying to watch a video concerning the Hillsborough Disaster one day, and no matter what I tried it just buffered like mad, even on 144p, while others I could watch in 1080p without any issue.
I didn't look at the nerd stats for the video, though, so I don't know what it was showing.
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If Viasat and Hughesnet give you video lemons, make lemonade!
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Makes me thing the traffic shaper is throttling based on a percentage of available speed rather than set to throttle video to a set speed based on the plan you have.
Like I said, if that's intentional, no problem but, if it's not working right then, someone needs to look into why it's misbehaving and, it seems to be misbehaving.
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When capacity is exceeded, the last thing you want to do is give the heavier usage activities more priority.
I noticed it on Liberty a while ago on a very crowded beam once throttled and prioritized things go downhill fast - browsing continues pretty smooth provided you take the time to eliminate all the bloat from web sites.
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also... what do ya mean by
someone doing online banking probably deserves a bit more priority than someone watching the latest anime regardless of time of day ;)is that supposed to be referred to me... cause i watch the latest anime when it comes out onto that day??? well... i tend to download all my animes... i dont watch them online anymore :3
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also... what do ya mean by
someone doing online banking probably deserves a bit more priority than someone watching the latest anime regardless of time of day ;)is that supposed to be referred to me... cause i watch the latest anime when it comes out onto that day??? well... i tend to download all my animes... i dont watch them online anymore :3
OH YEAH!!! THAT REMINDS ME!!! THE LATEST EPISODE OF BOKU NO HERO MY ACADEMIA EPISODE COMES OUT TODAY!!! :D YAY!!! :D I NEED TO DOWNLOAD IT IF ITS ALREADY OUT NOW!!! :D
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For example, during congested periods or any other period, should not someone trying to call 911 (or even any other phone call) over VOIP receive priority over someone leisurely browsing the internet, watching videos, downloading files, etc.
Capacity isn't limitless on Viasat...
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I literly do that for EVERYTHING. $5 vps with 1tb of bandwidth a month......low storage but I'm not archiving stuff there......just a temp drop off.
Sometimes I will grab a bunch and timer ftp client to start at 3am freezone if I'm not awake.
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No big deal if that's working as intended but, if it isn't, then maybe there is a solution. Should be able to do those videos at 240 res at least even out of priority data on unlimited plans IMHO.
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Viasat-1 didn't really get overfilled. Now....they sold plans where one sub could now be the equivalent of 15 users. So I think Viasat-1 could support 1 million users (they never came close to that). I assume that would be at an allocation of 10GB/month (or less).
So now Viasat-1 is overutilized because of Viasat constantly tweaking plans to make more $$$ out of existing subs. That can only go on for a finite time. That is why some investors are not exactly bullish on the future of residential satellite internet.
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Close reading of the unlimited data policy even suggests that will happen and can even happen when simply congested and not over the data threshold. It's a question of capacity not speed and how the capacity is managed.
At the same time, I wouldn't be surprised to find that the content provider is providing a lower priority to your slower connection - the content provider also has network management concerns and it takes two to tango.
Now that you've reset, the video stream is being throttled only (with no prioritization applied on top of that). I bet your overall speed is no longer 3-5 Mbps as originally stated and taking into account to your other post (i.e. no more prioritization) although probably experiencing some minimal congestion.
Throttling x prioritization x congestion = train wreck
The only issue is Viasat's lack of capacity on Viasat-1 to handle usage during peak hours (and for some apparently extending to non-peak hours). That leads to congestion and the typical results of congestion are queue backups (prioritization speaks to queue management and makes those backups worse for those being prioritized), packet loss (intentional dropping in an effort to relieve congestion and unless retransmission is properly handled by both sender and receiver can even increase congestion - dropped packets are a signal to each side to slow it down) and even blocking of new connections to a site.
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Even with just 3-5 Mbps overall speed, I should still get 1 Mbps on video.
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