The VPN 'myth'

I'm giving in. I'm getting a VPN for a month and then getting trials.....its the only way to see. The person I had a trial from says there was a server problem and it has hit many providers. He has been very helpful with me, so I have no reason or desire to argue this fact with him, I know people will disagree.......hence the reason why I am just leaving it and will be testing a VPN now.
 
Mine had an issue last night too - service owner has stated it was due to a technical issue (you could say all problems are due to tech issues!). I used my backup to watch most of the football, until normal service resumed. A VPN made no difference to it, so I'd hang fire on that...or if you do sign up to one, just make sure to test frequently with and without it running. Mine seemed to run best on a London based server, so be mindful that not all will give you the connection quality you need.

Test your IPTV at different times of the day too. If server overload is a factor, you'll see the issues mainly in the evening, but it should run smooth during the day if it's any sort of half decent service.
 
Thanks for the advice. I had a trial from the member you suggested so I trust him with his reply. I will see how things go......got loads of offers for trials to work through.

Just going to trial a vpn for my own curiosity really.
 
The solution is to use a VPN as bandwidth throttling is going on. You'll be amazed and wonder why you didn't use a VPN before.

I am not sure how you can conclude dt99 was being throttled by his ISP (rather than suffering server overload e.g.). I don't know which ISP he has, but firstly most have abandoned throttling, see https://www.broadbandchoices.co.uk/guides/broadband/fair-usage-broadband, and secondly let us suspend disbelief and say he was being throttled by his ISP, what makes you think that using VPN, which encrypts, and does not reduce traffic, would have made any difference?

For the avoidance of doubt, I think vpn is fabulous (because of the benefits apart from circumventing ISP blockages), but imho it is unlikely to cure a "freezing and looping" stream.

Cheers!
 
This is my problem. I get freezing and looping streams or I did when I had an active sub. I put a post on the provider fb page and all I got back was it's fine at our end there is no fault. Numerous people then post the same thing, my stream is fine and then others post theirs is bad and we just go round in circles.
 
This is my problem. I get freezing and looping streams or I did when I had an active sub. I put a post on the provider fb page and all I got back was it's fine at our end there is no fault. Numerous people then post the same thing, my stream is fine and then others post theirs is bad and we just go round in circles.
Thats IPTV you cant be sure your contended BB line is working ok all the time. Also can be device related what you playing it on i had 2 devices go at same time one was freezing the other was fine oth firestick both different apps. If im on same service as you and it works fine then it is something on your end that has an issue. which could be one of many things. You need a trusted provider and someone to support through the bad times have a backup and enjoy what ya can for the money you pay thats my moto
 
This is my problem. I get freezing and looping streams or I did when I had an active sub. I put a post on the provider fb page and all I got back was it's fine at our end there is no fault. Numerous people then post the same thing, my stream is fine and then others post theirs is bad and we just go round in circles.

Since you have a ~40 mbps line, if speedtest.net on e.g. a pc at the same time can establish that you have say 10 mbps for a freeze free stream, then it is unlikely to be your bandwidth. If e.g. you have m3u and you see the same problem in vlc on a pc, then it is not your box.
 
Since you have a ~40 mbps line, if speedtest.net on e.g. a pc at the same time can establish that you have say 10 mbps for a freeze free stream, then it is unlikely to be your bandwidth. If e.g. you have m3u and you see the same problem in vlc on a pc, then it is not your box.
there is a speedtest plugin for enigma2 boxes so you can run a speedtest direct from the box.
 
problem is it never stays the same. i do test it shows me 200mbps i run same test 1 hour later its down to 30 phone VM they say will send a signal and round in circles we go lol
 
you will never get 200mbps all the time. If everyone on your street (connected to box on street) is online then your bandwidth will be lower, if it's quiet time and there are only a few online then it will be higher. so if you test mid afternoon when people are at work/school then you may get higher speed, if you check again early evening when the kids are on their xbox's (doing homework of course), and the dad's got home from work stressed so watching a bit of porn for relief then you're not going to get near the max.
 
there is a speedtest plugin for enigma2 boxes so you can run a speedtest direct from the box.

Yep. That's what I have been testing the speed on and it's always above 40.....i have even ran the test when the stream has been playing up and it's always the same. I guess I will just carry on with trials for now......you can't say you get bored with this hobby can you
 
if you check again early evening when the kids are on their xbox's (doing homework of course), and the dad's got home from work stressed so watching a bit of porn for relief then you're not going to get near the max.
wtf m8 you spying on my house lol

Yea i understand that but it when its down to 30 and ya have to ring them that annoys me. On the thread subject VPN just add to the confusion as they can cause problems also
 
This 'throttling bandwidth' is turning into a bit of an urban myth... you can check your ISP's policy on Traffic Management/Traffic Proritisation to see whether your package is subject to it before blaming it for your IPTV playing up.
 
I'm not talking about 'throttling bandwidth' what I'm talking about is "contention ratio's" and they are totally different.
 
the one thing i dont get... i have tried a few and alot are people selling the same service under different names... ok i get that

but what i can't get my head around and i hope i make sense it sounds good in my head... but that's fooked after years of abuse

right the streams all come from roughly the same place looking at stream logos, so if everyone is getting there streams from one , then reselling on, surely the source supplying the streams as limited bandwith and that's struggling at its limits really as there are 1000s of groups re sharing there streams, which must be streamed from the source.??

so it must cause a snowball effect, the streams start pixelating at the very source as the bandwith is at its limits, then that snowballs on to all the other providers getting worse and worse further down the ladder.?

might sound like utter bolloXXXX to some but that's my theory?
 
Yea unless your source has local streams and you trust they do

All about trust in this game and the support u get
 
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