My opinion on streaming…

Carry Bean wrote:It sucks. I have Total Play and on my tv (not just on my iPad) my speed is around 96-97.  I pay for two streaming services, Thunder TV and Clear Choice.  Thunder TV rarely buffers BUT in the midst of watching a show, frequently the station just goes to black and that’s it. Another person had the same experience. Loads of channels though.

Clear Choice also has a ridiculous number of channels, US, Canada and UK. Lots of buffering at times even after clearing the cache. And sometimes the buffering turns into 2 small vertical lines in the middle of the screen and the station disappears.  

Frankly, I wish a good cable channel would appear. I’m tired of constantly having to fiddle around with settings, turning on and off, etc. I just want to turn on the damned tv and watch a show.  End of rant. :15:

rckrckr wrote:Use a VPN with US location. I think you may also need a US address to register for the service.
https://streamtv.directv.com/

kiko wrote:

Try the modem/router in the upright position with the antennas point upward to the ceiling or at a 45' /60' angle.

If you are using TotalPlay, try 4G instead of the 5G option.  My TotalPlay modem works better when set to the 4G option.  Rich with Firestick could not get a good signal on the 5G option either.   I dunno why.

CanuckBob wrote:

rckrckr wrote:Use a VPN with US location. I think you may also need a US address to register for the service.
https://streamtv.directv.com/

The only problem using a VPN for any of the streaming services is that the VPN significantly slows down your internet speed as the speed will now be dictated by the speed of the VPN's server. Some VPN providers are faster than others but they all slow your speed. I have TotalPlay (300mbps) and ExpressVPN. When I use the VPN my speed slows to under 20mbps and sometimes slower......and I get occasional buffering.