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firefox slowing downloads to stream movies?

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OrbitaLinx
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I have a high bandwidth connection. While downloading several linux distro ISO's on Windows I began streaming a single HD video on amazon and the download speeds dropped to nothing. My bandwidth and link are no where near saturated. Is Firefox intentionally throtteling my downloads over a peuny hd video stream that comes no where near being even a blip on my connectin? Can I change that behavior?

I have a high bandwidth connection. While downloading several linux distro ISO's on Windows I began streaming a single HD video on amazon and the download speeds dropped to nothing. My bandwidth and link are no where near saturated. Is Firefox intentionally throtteling my downloads over a peuny hd video stream that comes no where near being even a blip on my connectin? Can I change that behavior?

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WestEnd
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Streaming Throttle is a ISP issue not something the browser does. Have you contact your ISP about your internet streaming issues? Is that with only streaming or everything else?

OrbitaLinx
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It is only with an Amazon stream perhaps some html 5 feature they use on their site? I can watch multiple 4k YouTube streams with no affect to my download speeds... No problem with Netflix either. So I don't think its my ISP. But I seriously don't understand why a single HD stream would neuter my downloads and why Firefox would allow this if it is a coded feature thing...?