Rain shaping streaming on its R250pm 4G now

[ghostRgg]

All of a sudden after the announcement, all streaming platforms are struggling to load above 720p on the normal 4G 19hour package. After months of tweaking, we get a constant 40-70mpbs so it has got nothing to do with speed. Seems like videos are just buffering out of nowhere.

The crappy 10mbps ADSL we have is functioning better for youtube and streaming than this 55mbps rain package now.

More testing is required, so has anybody else had this experience?

 

[koeksGHT]

I noticed torrents are limited so switched to using VPN.

 

[ghostRgg]

try w/ warp+ pls

Yeah working fine on warp and other VPNs. Just annoying because we never needed a VPN or anything before.

 

[Euraw]

They have been doing this since 2018. i experienced it on dstv now, Youtube and Netflix. A vpn or proxy extension does the trick

 

[NeonNinja]

They have been doing this since 2018. i experienced it on dstv now, Youtube and Netflix. A vpn or proxy extension does the trick

No this is certainly new. Iv also had RAIN for 6+ months before I cancelled 2 months back.

 

[Euraw]

it is not new. some times they do shape a site, you use traffic a lot.

 

[ngoni615]

I also complained earlier on about them shaping and throttling on streaming services. I spoke to a representative who knew nothing at all. Waste of time. It seems for now vpn is the way to go for streaming. Everything else is working fine except p2p

 

[ngoni615]

it is not new. some times they do shape a site, you use traffic a lot.

no it is definitely new. Never had any form of shaping and streaming services were never shaped. Torrents yes. but not sites like youtube.

 

[ngoni615]

All of a sudden after the announcement, all streaming platforms are struggling to load above 720p on the normal 4G 19hour package. After months of tweaking, we get a constant 40-70mpbs so it has got nothing to do with speed. Seems like videos are just buffering out of nowhere.

The crappy 10mbps ADSL we have is functioning better for youtube and streaming than this 55mbps rain package now.

More testing is required, so has anybody else had this experience?

finally someone noticed. I am having this issue too. VPN fixes it but so annoying

 

[Euraw]

no it is definitely new. Never had any form of shaping and streaming services were never shaped. Torrents yes. but not sites like youtube.

i just checked it now. this type of shaping is new. the speed is limited to 1.5mbps on youtube. i connected to a vpn extension and got 15mbps. they do not limit the video resolution though just the speed

 

[ngoni615]

i just checked it now. this type of shaping is new. the speed is limited to 1.5mbps on youtube. i connected to a vpn extension and got 15mbps. they do not limit the video resolution though just the speed

exactly thats what we all talking about. the speed is limited to 1.5mbs and that is not good enough for 1080p or 720p. only good enough for 360p or 480p and thats that. So they are in a way limiting the resolution based on the speed. Using a vpn, any, fixes this.

 

[Euraw]

exactly thats what we all talking about. the speed is limited to 1.5mbs and that is not good enough for 1080p or 720p. only good enough for 360p or 480p and thats that. So they are in a way limiting the resolution based on the speed. Using a vpn, any, fixes this.

f**k F1TV is also limited. i do not understand the motive behind this, downloads are still fast, getting 60mbps

 

[ngoni615]

f**k F1TV is also limited. i do not understand the motive behind this, downloads are still fast, getting 60mbps

thats what i said. downloads are still the same 60+mbps for me lol but any streaming without a vpn is messed up now

 

[Euraw]

thats what i said. downloads are still the same 60+mbps for me lol but any streaming without a vpn is messed up now

If you changed the band from 1800 to 2600, You get 3-5Mbps on Youtube. You can stream in FHD without a vpn

 

[Polymathic]

I have a feeling peak time is going to change to 5pm - 12am. Making the off peak a 17 hour product

 

[ngoni615]

If you changed the band from 1800 to 2600, You get 3-5Mbps on Youtube. You can stream in FHD without a vpn

they limited it to 1.5mbs hard buddy. i tried all that without a vpn nothing but so far i am using opera browser with built in vpn to stream. atleast i do not have to have my vpn on 24/7

 

[Euraw]

they limited it to 1.5mbs hard buddy. i tried all that without a vpn nothing but so far i am using opera browser with built in vpn to stream. atleast i do not have to have my vpn on 24/7

Streaming in HD without a vpn on my side on 2600 band

 

[ngoni615]

Streaming in HD without a vpn on my side on 2600 band

hahahaha i am able to stream on youtube now
without use of vpn thanks man. But for netflix i have to enable vpn

 

[Grouter]

...so has anybody else had this experience?

Yes.

 

[ghostRgg]

Seems like its a new shaping system set for youtube, netflix and other streaming platforms. So happy to be informed about it.

Seriously Rain, I love you guys but you make some REALLY questionable decisions (cough shaped 5G, cough shaped 4G to 10mbps).