Yes I think a lottta your problem may be the Internet cables your having to use, such as the Old Telephone type wire as you mentioned
Here where I live in the Midwest of the US, I've got High Speed Cable which makes a difference - a long video tho - say 30 minutes to an hour long can still take anywhere from an hour or longer to upload to you tube !
Hopefully,,, I can Explain this so you'll understand this maybe
When I decided to start my YOU TUBE Channel, SIM HANGER amd wanted to only upload Flight Sim Videos, I had a hard time trying to get the Video into the right format size to display properly on YOU TUBE
After a few daysssss of research and reading what was the best file format size on my end to process the video - was,,, it became easier
NOTICE I say MY END !! this is where many Naïve users screw up - not knowing YOU TUBE Automatically does the rest {-------- !!!!!
YOU TUBE Processing "ON THEIR END", will automatically process the video you upload to better quality and size , UNLESS You pick a wrong size format on your end with whatever Video EDITOR you use !!
I do NOT use Windows Cheesy Limited Video Editor anymore since they changed it and totally meesed it up way back when, like 5 years ago,,,
I now use Serif Movie Maker / Editor , which can handle a wide variety of different Video Formats and is much like the OLD Windows Movie maker layout.
Here are a few screen shots hopefully they'll display where you can get a good idea of the size I use to "PROCESS" my Videos on MY END, in my Video Editor - before sending it to YOU TUBE to be uploaded.
Then once I upload it to YOU TUBE, they'll process the Video on the end to fit the video to the size of the screen
noting I hate more than seeing a video that's about 1/2 the size if the screen, that has those Big Black Bars on each side of the video
know whay that happens ??
because the user on their end when processing the video chose the Wrong video format file size to Process the video on their end in their computer , then sent it to YOU TUBE and You Tube processing - processed it the way it was sent to them , older videos are especially difficult those old VHS Videos people try to upload.
Theres a whole section on YOU TUBE that gets into File formats and sizes that are best for you tube for them to display properly on their Video player screen.
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