YouTube Issuing "Report Cards" On Carriers' Streaming Speeds 110
OakDragon (885217) writes In the shadow of the "Net Neutrality" debate, Google's YouTube has created a service to report on your carrier's usage and speed, summarizing the data in a "Lower/Standard/High Definition" graph. You may see the service offered when a video buffers or stutters. A message could display under the video asking "Experiencing interruptions? Find out why." Find your own provider's grade here.
Dupe... (Score:5, Informative)
Posted by samzenpus on Thursday May 29, 2014 @10:04PM from the how-do-you-stack-up? dept.
http://tech.slashdot.org/story... [slashdot.org]
Re:Good idea, but terrible implementation (Score:5, Informative)
No such button on my view of the page, which includes "Results from my location are not yet available, check back later."
Re:Swap DASH for HTTP (Score:4, Informative)
There is a plugin for firefox (no idea why it needs a plugin, but whatever) that allows you to access the "hidden" youtube settings. One of these settings allows you to disable dash entirely. There are also settings to disable auto-quality, and to set a default quality level.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-... [mozilla.org]