Have DSL but Some Streaming Video Still Freezes on Download: Why?

[frank1492]

I have a Dell Inspiron with a 1.7GH Pentium and 768Kbps DSL.
Some streaming videos (from youtube, for example) still stall every
few seconds as they are downloaded. I am running low on disk
space and have only about 5MB left (20GB drive.)
Can someone explain what is happening, and which of these
(or what combination) is most likely the reason.
Thank you!
Frank

 

[BigJim]

when using dsl the supplier states " speeds up to 768 "
your dsl could be running slow

 

[Joe Wright]

I have a Dell Inspiron with a 1.7GH Pentium and 768Kbps DSL.
Some streaming videos (from youtube, for example) still stall every
few seconds as they are downloaded. I am running low on disk
space and have only about 5MB left (20GB drive.)
Can someone explain what is happening, and which of these
(or what combination) is most likely the reason.
Thank you!
Frank

5MB might not be enough to store the whole streaming video in a temp
file.. something has to give. Your swap file, is probably very small
because of this, Temp files and TIF have to be removed.. You need more
hd space, I'm sure.