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Re:Ask HN: Internet magically gets faster when opening speed... by jrochkind1 on Sunday April 17, 2022 @07:37PM (#31065620)
This doesn't make sense to me as an explanation for OP reported behavior, that opening a speed test would make other content load faster than it was before opening the speed test. (Doesn't make sense to me whether or not the other content was netflix, but presumably it was not (all) netflix).
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Re:Ask HN: Internet magically gets faster when opening speed... by Spooky23 on Sunday April 17, 2022 @09:34PM (#31066372)
Time Warner used to have a “turbo” mode where connections would temporarily speed up when you started a download.

Pretty sure many ISPs do something like this - especially on mobile. If you have access to a prioritized phone, the side by side comparisons are pretty interesting.

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