Why does media still buffer when I have 80 Mbps - 100 Mbps + over lte?

[ng4ever 40]

Yes the movie file is pretty big but it is high quality blu ray of 80 GB with 2 hour and 30 mins to 3 hour movie.

This is on AT&T Elite tier in the US.

Even out and about at one location with 150 Mbps to 200 Mbps + 4g lte speed it still buffers. I don't get it.

Yes Steam saver is off.

 

 

Just to make sure you all understand no it is not through Emby. It is just directly playing from my media server over WebDAV HTTPs if that matters. With a iPhone on nPlayer Plus and even tried Infuse Pro app.

 

 

Is it just the nature of the beast of cellular data technology ? Hope not. I am not moving when it happens.

Sorry almost forgot to say I am on AT&T Fiber 1 Gbps down and 1 Gbps up connection too at home where media server is directly.

 

Edited May 15, 2022 by ng4ever

[Luke 42077]

Hi, sounds like isp throttling.

[ng4ever 40]

5 minutes ago, Luke said:

Hi, sounds like isp throttling.

How can I determine that or test for that ?

 

 

[Luke 42077]

https://www.highspeedinternet.com/resources/how-can-i-tell-if-my-internet-is-being-throttled-by-my-isp

[ng4ever 40]

1 minute ago, Luke said:

https://www.highspeedinternet.com/resources/how-can-i-tell-if-my-internet-is-being-throttled-by-my-isp

Should I try that on my hardwire AT&T Fiber line or AT&T cellular wireless data line ?

Sorry.

[Luke 42077]

Both. It could happen on either side or both sides.

[ng4ever 40]

Just now, Luke said:

Both. It could happen on either side or both sides.

Ok thanks.

Will try tonight when AT&T cellular wireless data line is fastest.

 

 

[ng4ever 40]

Stupid question should I use a vpn on both connections at the same time or no ?

 

Also does it matter which vpn service ?

[ng4ever 40]

Would a dns changer do the same thing or no ?

[Happy2Play 9780]

2 hours ago, ng4ever said:

Stupid question should I use a vpn on both connections at the same time or no ?

 

Also does it matter which vpn service ?

I would think it would be worse threw a service.  But the odds of sustained throughput with a bitrate that high is going to be pretty slime across the internet.  This is one reason no online provider provides streams that high.

Just like I have an online server that has a gigabit connection and a home connection that has a download of 200Mbps but will not get higher then about 55Mbps downloading from that online server.

[ng4ever 40]

4 hours ago, Happy2Play said:

I would think it would be worse threw a service.  But the odds of sustained throughput with a bitrate that high is going to be pretty slime across the internet.  This is one reason no online provider provides streams that high.

Just like I have an online server that has a gigabit connection and a home connection that has a download of 200Mbps but will not get higher then about 55Mbps downloading from that online server.

I agree but that sucks

So you don't think it is throttling you are saying ?

Just the nature of the beast ?

 

 

 

[ng4ever 40]

@Happy2Play What streaming service do you think offers the highest streams file sizes and how large ?

Edited May 16, 2022 by ng4ever

[ebr 16169]

I think the current industry standard is about 20Mb/s.

[ng4ever 40]

Ok sorry but what file size would that be on average then ?

 

 

[ebr 16169]

3 hours ago, ng4ever said:

Ok sorry but what file size would that be on average then ?

 

 

[length of film in minutes] * 60 * (20,000,000 / 8).