# Plex constantly slow/buffering while both connections are fast enough

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-constantly-slow-buffering-while-both-connections-are-fast-enough/830400>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [February 11, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-constantly-slow-buffering-while-both-connections-are-fast-enough/830400 "2023-02-11T19:49:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fossil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/47e85d/32.png) [@Fossil](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Fossil)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-constantly-slow-buffering-while-both-connections-are-fast-enough/830400/1 "2023-02-11T19:49:37Z")

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Server Version#: 1.30.2.6563  
Player Version#: [Plex.tv/web](http://Plex.tv/web) player

I am running Plex on a Ubuntu 22.04 box at my house in Europe, no Docker involved. I am currently in Mexico and it’s been very difficult to watch anything on Plex. It constantly takes minutes to start playing and can only play 10s at a time before it needs to buffer again, making it pretty useless.

I have done a speedtest (to my server) and I get 40-50 megabits constantly. So bandwidth on both ends isn’t the issue when I try to play an 8 mbit file without transcoding (direct play).

When I try to download the file instead it starts off strong and then drops down to 200kb/s or even lower. This has happened in multiple locations and multiple internet connections here in Mexico. Everytime I tested the speed and it was at least double of the bitrate of the file I was trying to play.  
It also often just stops downloading, lucky I can resume the download manually in the browser every time.

Now I logged onto my NAS over VPN and tried to download the same file, then it downloads perfectly at around 3-4 MB/s (30 mbits).

How can this happen and is there anything I can do to fix these slow speeds?

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-constantly-slow-buffering-while-both-connections-are-fast-enough/830400/2 "2023-05-12T19:50:16Z")

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