Been at this a long time and I am a reseller but I just do not know if I am reselling a system that is reselling a system an who is good and who is not. I do not try free trials because 24hrs to test is not enough time to test and weekends most do not "work" because ip providers are over used, they say. so I compiled a private list of who is just a reseller who is who is reselling a reseller who is reselling. selling. I will not provide any of my findings to anyone no matter the price u offer, haha.

I am not here to sell anything at all. I will not post name or links cause that gets me banned. I will not post my 2 favorites because that gets me banned. What I am here for is to give u a guide on how to choose.

1. anyone can make a web site or run a forum. Every web site you go to have a resellers page. it is like that pyramid scam from way back in the day where the bottom end user pays. The guy on top and the first 2 or 4 on top make the real money.
2. If you are going to get tests, get the channel lists like I did from those sites and compare. The resellers have the same lists, you should stay away from. Why is because at peak times their servers will get bogged down. If those lists only have a few different channels then it probably comes from the top of the pyramid.
3. U ask how can I tell a good one. This is the toughest question to answer because in this day and age, u can't trust many.
4. Do not just ask for a trial. most resellers want anonymity as I said buy a month. Hell it is only $5 or $10 and u can find out just how good it is. Get their email and ask questions. Most will lie and if u are smart u will catch liars. Stay away from liar like Trump at the voting polls.
5. The most popular are not always the best. On their web page at the bottom will usually have how many members the site has if it is a forum. I think over 8,000 members is too popular. First off It is a security risk. The popular ones are the ones that get copyright infringement issues.
6. On sales sites, about the real way to tell is a. do a site check ( I forgot how to do this but google it) I will post it in an edit a bit later. If they are up for over 5 years and do not do paypal to a private account then stay away. They can run with you money.
7. No iptv service is perfect for a lot of reasons so do not judge on that. Your service provider can slow things up.
8. things that cause lagging and buffering can do a lot to making a reseller look bad. How fast is your provider and do a speed check with the device u are using. Do that speed check when buffering is bad. example is I get 50mbs but my android tests at 4.5m Big houses can be slow in certain rooms farthest from you modem. Get an extender that helps. Got lots of kids and everyone is on line at the same time will slow connects. Unplug devices every few days to delete the cache.
9. If at primetimes and many channels have constant buffering. Chances are it is your 1month sub. Try another.
10. Adding channels is where you can find plaws in real and fake resellers. If they cannot add channels or cannot answer if they can chances are they are too far away from the top and if they are close at the top then the top does not care. Stay away.
11. Too many channels. If you want good service and only speak english, you probably do not need the other 4,000 channels. Most of the time the foreign language channels are a feed from a feed from a feed.
12. Where the reseller is from does not affect anything unless they are in a country that is making copyright serious business. Most reseller will tell u what country they are in but not the city. You can find this out by doing a web search and find out the ping speed. again I forgot.
13. To be continued. Remember that iptv is a copyright infringement so who you choose is very important and I cannot expressed enough that every reseller knows what channel you are watching and has a log of your tv watching in their iptv control panel. This is for how long you get monthly. This is called hard evidence in court.
14. Stay safe it is cheap but it could cost you in the long run. Stay with a small guy who is in it to help and not to get rich. Resellers with over a 1,000 can be trouble because if they have a 1,000 there are probably another 50 who also have a 1,000 customers.
15. Iptv is just getting popular and more and more will want to cut the cord. After a while the big corporations with government power will step it cause they want to get paid to support wall street.
16. I did not proof read, might be errors, sorry this took me an hour