internet fast speed and still buffering, WTH?

[FlunderFluff]

Tech Support

okay so I have a 100mb/s fiber plan from my local ISP; everything seems fine, my downloads are fine, and uploads are the same story with ±90mb/s average speed. testmynet results. But whenever I stream on my laptop (firefox), whatever I'm watching seems to always buffer every 2-3mins.

 

what I have tried

• different browser (chrome) still buffers
• same with opera
• different device
• Consoles are fine
• Phone is fine
• Desktop is fine
• change wifi channel with no avail
• tested my signal, even if I'm right beside my router still buffers

tried to use VPN(proton), and to my surprise even with lower speed ±50mb/s, videos load faster and I experience minimal to no buffers. I'm stumped and don't know what to do, please help.

[mike_seps]

Almost sounds like your ISP is throttling for streaming apps since enabling the VPN helps

[FlunderFluff]

10 hours ago, mike_seps said:

Almost sounds like your ISP is throttling for streaming apps since enabling the VPN helps

But I don't have the problem on other devices, just on my laptop

[braube]

I'm having the same issues. I've tried reinstalling window on the chance there was some sort of malware. I've also found that the issue only happens when I'm using a wired connection on my PC. I've tried updating LAN drivers but that doesn't seem to help either.