Am I seeing anti - "net neutrality"?

Hardware and technical stuff
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…or just Hulu being clogged up?

Comcast is my ISP.

I’ve watched a decent bit of network shows on Hulu over the past year. Over the past few months, I’ve often encountered dead space when the show stops and I have to pause and wait for the buffer to build back up before proceeding. “Often” = about once per show, but that’s after I stopped using the high-quality setting, which stopped 2 or 3 times per show since August or so.

So then I go to Fancast to get the latest episodes of Lost. I notice that Comcast is prominently displayed on the site as “Comcast TV”. The performance is great, it looks MUCH better, and I’ve encountered no hiccups at all in 5 shows.

Am I experiencing preferential access of certain sites over other ones?

2

I’m on comcast, and it’s remarkable how YouTubes just die after a few seconds. I’ll whip open my laptop, with its relatively slow 3G. No trouble at all.

3

Is that what it is? I have the same problem with my allegedly fast comcast connection. I’m ready to rage about this, all I need is confirmation for my futile gesture to be unleashed on customer service.

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I’m NOT on Comcast and Youtube is painfully slow after 5pm (EST) or so.

Hulu seems very slow at times, too.