Why is Sky Gigafast buffering on YouTube sometimes?

[RB9]

My Sky broadband contract was ending at the end of November so I decided to go with EE. Sky's renewal offer was £10 more. I told the retentions guy if they can give me a static IPv4 address instead of MAP-T then I'd renew, but they said they can't so I turned it down.

What I noticed was that websites and YouTube videos load a lot faster on EE. I am on the same speed package as I was on Sky, 900Mbps down and 110 up. (I hate how Openreach still don't have symmetric speeds). I noticed the same thing when I initially switched to Sky Gigafast in 2023 from Virgin Media Gig1. YouTube videos would randomly buffer and stop preloading the video sometimes. Was this caused by MAP-T or bad routing from Sky? I'm not sure. But now that I'm with EE I've determined it can't be an Openreach issue. It has to be a Sky issue

Anyone know what might've been the actual cause? 

Also the EE hub lets me split bands and change WiFi channel. Sky's Max hub had basically no control over anything. More expensive yet less consumer friendly. 

[TimmyBGood]

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@RB9 wrote:

I told the retentions guy if they can give me a static IPv4 address instead of MAP-T then I'd renew, but they said they can't so I turned it down.

Fixed IP is only available on the Sky Business Broadband products.  Map-T is default but not mandatory on the domestic service and can be removed on request, but the resulting unshared IP will still be transient.

 I am on the same speed package as I was on Sky, 900Mbps down and 110 up. (I hate how Openreach still don't have symmetric speeds)

Partly down to legacy infrastructure, but I suspect mostly to protect their extremely lucrative 'leased-line' services.

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[GD1]

@RB9  I don't think it's down to Map-T as I get buffering on Youtube videa on a non Sky 1Gbps connection, it will depend on what content i'm watching etc.

I've had similar issues with a VM 1Gbps connection also

I beleive the issues may be down to Youtube servers or devices not getting enough buffer or throughput.  What device are you wtaching Youtube on?

[JimM1]

@RB9 What EE hub let's you split the bands?