u/GN008T

YouTube throttling?

Has anyone experienced an issue where YouTube seems to be throttled?

For well over a week now, YouTube seems to stall, lag, etc. on any device that's connected to Wi-Fi or ethernet. YouTube is the only streaming service/site affected. I've laid out my setup and troubleshooting steps below.

Equipment:

AT&T BGW 320 gateway in pass through mode; AT&T Internet 2000/2 gig plan.

Asus BE96u Wi-Fi 7 router.

Troubleshooting:

Checked and re-seated all physical connections.

Reset AT&T gateway.

Factory reset Asus router.

Set up new SSIDs and passwords.

Reset Wi-Fi settings for phones, laptops, TVs, etc.

Ran multiple speed test that show 2300+ Mpbs up and down with 2-3 ms pings on average.

Checked Downdetector.com, no notable spikes in YouTube issues.

Pinging youtube.com shows 0% packet loss with a 32ms minimum, 34ms average, and 35ms maximum ping.

As a last resort, I disconnected the AT&T gateway from my router which made it fail over to the backup cable internet connection. The YouTube issue completely vanished on all devices while using my cable internet connection.

Am I missing something? Or is this possibly an issue with AT&T?

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u/GN008T — 24 days ago