Time for a VPN?

by thecyberninja

My dad called last night and said his two servers, EPIC (smart iptv app) and privateserver (mag256) were both buffering a lot after about ~10 minutes of usage. I can't say it is server specific since it happens to both on different devices. I am pretty sure it isn't hardware since he has rebooted his router/modem and everything is hardwired and has 75Mbit of bandwidth.. Any other suggestions before I decide to test VPN?

jatt86

My old isp didn't throttle anything now spectrum took over they are throttling live streams and now I'm going thru vpn and it works perfect. I got ipvanish for like 58 bux a year.

twelvestone

I'm trying to learn more about this service, and this leads me to my first, possibly noob, question: When signing up for one of these services, is doing so through a VPN a necessity from the start?

Thanks!

jb2018

I'd Speedtest from each device before doing anything, then maybe try the vpn route.

opie1122

If you're on epic as in the iptv provider than he's not alone I'm experiencing lots of buffering with them. So I'm sure it's them and not our isps if we're both experiencing these issues.

Patoruzu45

Sorry, I am new at IPTV but I do have a VPN service. Why using a VPN will improve the problem of buffering in IPTV? I have a IPS connection of 60Mb/s and I believe that if I connect through VPN that speed will come down. Help, please.