1G Youtube buffering issues

Corey N Georgie · Today, 01:40

Is anyone else having issues watching videos on Youtube?

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.26200.8457]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\my_be>ping www.youtube.com

Pinging youtube-ui.l.google.com [142.250.117.93] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 142.250.117.93: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=112
Reply from 142.250.117.93: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=112
Reply from 142.250.117.93: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=112
Reply from 142.250.117.93: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=112

Ping statistics for 142.250.117.93:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 16ms, Maximum = 19ms, Average = 18ms

C:\Users\my_be>tracert www.h
Unable to resolve target system name www.h.

C:\Users\my_be>tracert www.youtube.com

Tracing route to youtube-ui.l.google.com [142.250.117.93]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.5
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 9 ms 9 ms 9 ms 80.255.194.46
4 * * * Request timed out.
5 22 ms 16 ms 13 ms 80.255.204.55
6 15 ms 15 ms 21 ms 142.250.160.116
7 19 ms 20 ms 18 ms 216.239.42.41
8 18 ms 18 ms 18 ms 216.239.56.206
9 * * * Request timed out.
10 * * * Request timed out.
11 * * * Request timed out.
12 * * * Request timed out.
13 * * * Request timed out.
14 * * * Request timed out.
15 * * * Request timed out.
16 19 ms 18 ms 18 ms um-in-f93.1e100.net [142.250.117.93]

Trace complete.

C:\Users\my_be>

Corey N Georgie · Today, 18:10

Still having major issues on every YouTube video I try.

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.26200.8524]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\my_be>tracert www.youtube.com

Tracing route to youtube-ui.l.google.com [142.250.117.136]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.5
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 8 ms 9 ms 13 ms 80.255.194.46
4 * * * Request timed out.
5 15 ms 12 ms 12 ms 80.255.204.55
6 14 ms 15 ms 19 ms 142.250.160.116
7 16 ms 16 ms 17 ms 216.239.42.41
8 18 ms 20 ms 18 ms 216.239.56.206
9 * * * Request timed out.
10 * * * Request timed out.
11 * * * Request timed out.
12 * * * Request timed out.
13 * * * Request timed out.
14 * * * Request timed out.
15 * * * Request timed out.
16 14 ms 15 ms 15 ms um-in-f136.1e100.net [142.250.117.136]

Trace complete.

C:\Users\my_be>

Jaymoss · Today, 18:36

Try behind a VPN or change your DNS server

**Paul** · Today, 18:53

Those traces look fine and they dont indicate any VPN in use - the DNS seems to have looked up youtube just fine.

spiderplant · Today, 19:25

Did this start last night? There is currently a network fault in Swansea. Do you know which hubsite you are connected to?