So I have a router/modem i rent from comcast and have it hooked up to a nest mesh system. My box is a formuler z alpha, and has been working fine for ever. I recently upgraded my speed from 25 mpbs to 100mbps and that is when i started noticing the issues. My iptv just buffers so much i cannot watch. The service provider asked me to try a vpn but i was only able to get speeds under 1mbps when connected to nord and PIA. I then took my box to my friends house and verified it works perfectly. So I am planning on buying my own modem and trying again. Any idea why the box cannot get good speed when connecting to a vpn?
Comcast began throttling me so bad in late July they blew the signal. Got a VPN, it's not 100% but buffering is at a minimum now. Those fuckers can blow me. I already pay you for unlimited data because streaming boxes use a metric shit ton of data and I blew through the monthly cap in 12 days.
They tend to throttle during live sports. I'm in California so usually 4pm to around 8pm local. After they blasted me so hard the internet was dead I had to call them to reset my service, while on the phone with them I kept making subtle comments about iptv streaming while laughing. I'm sure the lady on the phone coulda cares less but whatever
My stepson works in cable/ISP biz and he keeps me abreast in what's going on from their side. They pretty much tolerates iptv streaming for a long time because it was considered small rime and underground. Unfortunately this stuff got out in the mainstream. Content providers have been pushing privately to ISPs to stop it. The ISPs are basically waiting for Congress to allow full on blocking of content they deem to be illegal. Until then? A throttling they will go. Movie studios have pushed the govt to the point where they have begun shutting down movie/tv show apps and iptv providers with VOD and 24/7. He feels in the end it's 50/50 on what happens. Says some higher ups at his place feel they're wasting their time and it's to far gone to even bother with and outright blocking is the only way to stop it.
He says some at his place wish they would've never introduced streaming live Content at all as its purpose was to be an add on to your existing tv bundle and not a primary way to consume content. I used to laugh at him when he's say that but he broke it down this way. They didn't know it would be so easy to steal the streams as they had basically lulled themselves into thinking live TV piracy had been dramatically slowed with digital cable boxes and DirecTVs blasting of reprogrammed access cards had made it so hard to "steal" tv anymore