I have customers on 6mb running fine but yes would suggest 10mb at least especially for HAD and to allow other internet connections within the network

I only have 6mbps and sd even hd 720 can run fine but only if no one else is on line at the same time that’s why I’m not a fan of vpns turn one on and streams are unable even with the best vpns most providers are just pointing to these now which is a bummer for people on low speeds

Have friends on 7-10mpbs even FHD works fine, little buffer on channel change, goes smoothly, HD/SD no probs at all. VPN can be used unencrypted and no/negligible bandwidth loss. Also Cable does 100mpbs anyway, so this fibre buzzword is just crap, sure provider are throwing out old infrastructure and installing fibre for good.

I keep it simple, and tell my friends:

Take the money you saving on dropping your legit cable sub and buy at least the 30mb internet package. If you can't or won't do that...I'm not even bothering to troubleshoot buffering issues for you.

I’m on a 120 meg cable connection in Brasil and any IPTV services and devices I’ve used work just as well here as they do on my gigabit fibre connection in my other home in Canada. I’m not buying the argument that that fast fibre is necessary for IPTV. Why would it be? Streams, even higher def, don’t use that much bandwith.

Ive been migrating my customers over to MAG 322 boxes now the 254 is end of life. It appears to use less bandwitdh than the 254. Ive seen it run FHD stations at 6-7mb with no issue. Different devices use different bandwitdh but the mag boxes use the least. But i would be hesitant to install a box at a property with less than 10mb just in case

I live in a postcode lottery we only have one provider in my city Kcom I pay £44pm for 320gb 5-6 Mbps with no choose of fibre for next 2years yet 3doors down they pay the same with the same provider for fibre with 67mbps for the same price they own all the lines in hull so bt sky virgin can’t come in its either pay for internet or don’t

I have fios 150/150. Pay $30 a month. Works great, no dmca letters from those oops moments when you forget to turn on vpn for torrents. If you have crappy connection IPguys is the way to go.

Very well said

Umm, most providers streams are like 5mbps average max, 3mbps on average. On really high quality streams it might jump up to 8mbps average. Fibre is generally 100mbps and up.

Also helps if providers offer '2G' options for channels, like Wss. I was abroad, on poor broadband connections and still was able to watch my games. Of course HD at home is better, but it still works on slow connections.

Internet speed is only a small part of IPTV performance. Things like the server location, stream quality, device specific settings and equipment are probably more responsible for poor performance than straight speed. Anything 10mb and above should be good