@someguy123 A new user @ck-cake may have found a work around that should be looked at for clues on why this is happening. Here is her post. I haven't had a chance to test it since I'm in.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@ck-cake/quick-fix-to-the-bandwidth-limit-exceeded-error-message
RE: Dear Witnesses - Please increase your block size!