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iPhone 3G + wifi + YouTube = Slow!

I wonder if there are more people that have problems streaming content from YouTube on their iPhone 3G? Its no problem with my first gen. iPhone using the same wifi connection at home. I see that there are some complaints about this while googling, but Im not sure how common it is and what causes it?

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Posted on Aug 4, 2008 2:45 PM

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Aug 4, 2008 3:02 PM in response to iphoneowner

Hello Iphoneowner,

FYI... We have 8 Mac's wirelessly networked, along with 3 new iPhone 3G's, and 1 original iPhone all sharing a "cable modem" connection. We have no problems at all. As a matter of fact I just tested my 3G connection (using testmyiphone) and here are the results:

3.19 Mbps
3190 kbps

Right now 4 of the 8 Mac are on... and using the internet.

Just test my conection again (2:59 PM) and here are the results:

5.03 Mbps
5025 kbps

Thanks,
Doug

Aug 26, 2008 10:11 PM in response to Russco1

I'm sure its not a problem at all - its just a window through Apple's cleverly designed smoke and mirrors approach.
I read somewhere while trying to figure out why iPhone 3G doesn't support flash, that Apple had managed to get youtube to alter their video formats to include some new compatible-friendly version. Now if you access certain sites with your iphone they automatically know that you're using the phone not a computer and often load differently. I thin that while the iphone connects over the mbile network to youtube, it actually streams a lower bandwidth version of the video than you see on the computer to improve streaming speeds, yet when you connect via wifi the phone is trying to display the full-res computer version for some reason and struggles.
This would explain why iPhone's Safari speeds are still good on wifi but the youtube element is lacking...

Sep 2, 2008 3:07 PM in response to iphoneowner

Yep, my 3G iPhone also streams youtube videos over 3G effortlessly, however over WiFi its s-s-s-slooooow. It's not my Router - fact. I own a Desktop PC, Laptop, PS3 and Wii - my Girlfriend also owns an HTC touch diamond - Not one of these devices has a problem streaming youtube videos - but on the iPhone? Struggles to loads videos, then plays them for about 5 seconds before stalling again..

To all those reading these words on your iPhone over WiFi, head over to the BBC iPlayer to see how video streaming can and should be done..

iPhone 3G + wifi + YouTube = Slow!

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