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This happens because of a technology called Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH), which YouTube uses to deliver video more efficiently (at least from its perspective). But while it saves YouTube the trouble of having to deliver data that someone might not watch, it causes problems for people like you, who have very slow connections. is to disable DASH. The problem is YouTube won’t let you do that. However, it is possible to do it in Chrome using a free add-on called YouTubeOptions (https://chrome.google.com/Youtube). With YouTube Options installed, click the Chrome menu button at the top right (three horizontal lines), then Settings followed by Extensions. Next, find YouTube Options in the list and click the Options link. Scroll down to the Playback section and tick the Disable DASH box.

Note that YouTube Options’ default settings also disable various other aspects of YouTube, including adverts and captions so YouTube will look rather different next time you visit. Just return to YouTube Options’ Options page to explore and tweak these settings.