hussam wrotehttps isn't bad but if it were still http, the videos would be cached at my ISP so they would download faster if I want to watch them a second time.
Is there any sense in transmitting a publicly viewable video over https? I can't see the benefit of https for audio or video streaming when the link is publicly available and does not require logging in to view.
If I understand correctly, google forced https on youtube video streaming to avoid ISPs caching videos.
I don't agree with you that you can get videos faster if they were cached by ISP.
After all, if you're subscribed to 1mbps plan then your max speed is 1mbps.
It will not benefit you that much that it benefit the ISP.
The only case where you can take advantage of this IMHO, if the ISP it self having big problems with bandwidth on their backbone.