Required Bandwidth for Streaming Youtube?

[bobdole369]

I have 24mb uverse. Youtube sd videos still buffer. I've used 100/10 cable in the Caribbean (crazy fiber link to the US/CA/SA) and it still buffers. Youtube is just plain not peered very well. That is broadband companies are loathe to pay extra for the need to run extra links to the backbones to get "closer" to youtube. Thus it sucks. As others point out - your speed is completely meaningless once you get past a few mbit both ways- its the tubes that are on the interwebs that are clogged coming from youtube.

 

[The Green Bean]

I just went ahead and bought 2MB Wimax. I already miss the lower pings but what's the point if it never works? The best part was where it took only 30 minutes from the time I left home to when I was back with a working modem. $28 for 2Mbits as compared to $40 for 5Mbits. Both are virtually uncapped (300GB before vs 1000GB now) Not as cheap as the USA, but damn good for Pakistan. I just hope they up the speeds soon. Wimax has a theoretical cap of 100Mbits. ISPs here usually double their bandwidth every other year for free.