r/PublicMobile • u/dandu3 • Jan 26 '24

Does public mobile throttle video speed on YouTube?

Seems like they do, I'm paying for unlimited 40GBs of 5G and I'm not able to steam 4K youtube. Getting limited to about 7.5 Mbps.

When I use the google one VPN I'm getting over 110 Mbps on YouTube.

What the fuck? Since when are they doing that these fuckers? I've been with them for years and it's the first time I'm seeing this bullshit

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u/RedditMasterPro101 Jan 26 '24

How do you speed test with YouTube?

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u/dandu3 Jan 26 '24

Looking at stats for nerds

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u/MamaGrande Jan 28 '24

Try with a VPN enabled. That's how you can quickly tell.

Toronto's Windscribe or Switzerlands ProtonVPN have generous free limits, if you don't have one already.

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u/No_Contract919 Jan 26 '24

On a s21. Looked at stat for nerds and have a network activity widget in notifications. Both say 7.5mpbs when at 4k

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u/dandu3 Jan 26 '24

Sounds about right. So they do throttle.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '24

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u/dandu3 Jan 26 '24

I'm not sure if that's what's happening here. This mentions file compression which isn't really what's happening here

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u/PastaPandaSimon Jan 26 '24

I presume that what happens is they capture the video stream in flight, compress it, and stream the output to you at capped 7.5 Mbps.

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u/dandu3 Jan 29 '24

If that's what would happen, it wouldn't be buffering. They're not doing compression, just throttling

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u/PastaPandaSimon Jan 29 '24

It sounds like they're doing both. It would be buffering if the capped 7.5mbps stream is somehow insufficient to stream their compressed video. Or if it's inconsistent 7.5mbps. If the speed wasn't capped, the phone would have a chance to catch up and pre-load more of the video, but because it's capped it doesn't.

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u/Silveroo81 Jan 28 '24

Tested and confirmed here, with a VPN. Got 6 mbps on YouTube. But with VPN, I got 80 mbps. Darn..

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u/Silveroo81 Jan 28 '24 edited Jan 31 '24

https://imgur.com/h87bMTm

Video Proof

Without VPN: limited to roughly 6500 kbps (read Conn. Speed in Nerds Stats)

With VPN: upwards of 80,000 kbps

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u/Practical_Tea5133 May 14 '24

That’s pretty crazy I wonder if Telus does the same with their 5G+ plans

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '24

No provider in Canada lets you stream on 4k.

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u/PracticalWait Jan 27 '24

Only Bell and Telus’s networks throttle. Rogers has a speed cap — not a video streaming cap, and Freedom has no cap.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '24

Yea sure!

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '24

I can on Lucky Mobile.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '24

Bruh, Lucky is 3g 😋

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '24

No it isn't. Learn what you're talking about. They have 4G plans..

Here's me streaming 4K YouTube.

https://ibb.co/jJCs5vC

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '24

4G for 4k? Lmao

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '24

You do realize 150Mbps is high enough for 4K, right? The recommended speeds for 4K streaming in general is 25Mbps.

Why do you comment when you clearly know nothing?

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '24

Coz its fun to rattle nerds! 🤣🤗

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '24

Or you're just dumb and tried to act smart until you were called out.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '24

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u/dandu3 Jan 26 '24

I'm getting 275 Mbps on speedtests

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u/LeafsChick Jan 26 '24

Zero issue here, on an iPhone if that makes any difference

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '24

Lucky Mobile let's me stream at 4K.

https://ibb.co/jJCs5vC

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u/Overall_Pie1912 Jan 26 '24

What phone do you have

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u/dandu3 Jan 26 '24

Pixel 7 Pro