why are videos stopping and starting

[calista]

I am on a fast cable connection, when on my laptop not even 7-8 metres from my router movies keep stopping and starting you know that little round circle thing on the screen going round and round as it loads.

I did an online speed test here https://www.speedtest.net/

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Result ID 15566632981

 DOWNLOAD Mbps   166.39
 UPLOAD Mbps    6.65
Ping ms  18  141  20

[BrasSmonkey]

could be your browser,things on your connection... it's called buffering

[tacnet]

This is probably a routing issue

You can check it by opening a command prompt (Click on the Start Menu and in the search bar, type 'cmd', and press Enter) and then entering :-

tracert domain.com

Obviously replace domain.com with the domain you are viewing the videos from.

That will show you the hops between your PC and the destination server. If there are any slow ones or time outs then that could indicate the problem

Might be worth restarting your router too as that often clears out problems

[misterporn]

This is probably a routing issue

You can check it by opening a command prompt (Click on the Start Menu and in the search bar, type 'cmd', and press Enter) and then entering :-

tracert domain.com

Obviously replace domain.com with the domain you are viewing the videos from.

That will show you the hops between your PC and the destination server. If there are any slow ones or time outs then that could indicate the problem

Might be worth restarting your router too as that often clears out problems

I leave my laptop on for weeks on end, but some days I start noticing the performance sklows down, one restart of the thing and at the same time my modem/router does miracles.

Good tip tac.

[AlexO]

A slow "Hop" can do that even if you are on a fast computer with highspeed cable. Welcome to the internets.

[yobilinks]

Clear your browser and flush your DNS cache.

[pornmafia]

The server the site is hosted on might be the problem not your end

[born2bewild]

If it is when you watch videos from the same site it is their servers if it happens to all videos then it is your end.