Off topic, but Internet TV - Is it ok with only 12-17mbps

[Blipi]

OK so I am looking at internet TV.

All these advertised providers of 50mbps upwards is futile if i can only get 12-17mbps (apparently)

How reliable would internet TV be on that broadband?

So far FUEL provide the most competitive provision, but they only advertise upto 17mbps. SKY have confirmed I can only get 12-17mbps so their 50mbps would be wasted??

HELP!!!

[Heartworm]

Will be fine, we only get 3mb and can stream without issues, although can't do much else at the same time

[88racing]

What provider are you thinking of going with? I started with BT a while back but to be honest its a complete waste of money. They've taken off some channels, Motors TV have stopped broadcasting and there's no motorsport I'm interested on BT Sport. The only good thing is the set-top recorder box but you can buy them second hand on eBay. Amazon Prime is far better value.

[Blipi]

Update to this..

I'm with Fuel Broadband and eventually got a Fire stick... utterly hopeless! Can't watch anything on iPlayer, more 4 or films etc!
So so frustrating. Did a ping test at 12mbs and one at 9mbs.

Any tips or suggestions??

[Biker 1]

Blipi said:

Update to this..

I'm with Fuel Broadband and eventually got a Fire stick... utterly hopeless! Can't watch anything on iPlayer, more 4 or films etc!
So so frustrating. Did a ping test at 12mbs and one at 9mbs.

Any tips or suggestions??

Have you tried Chromecast? I've got fibre broadband at 70meg, but my previous connection was less than yours & Chromecast was actually quite good, as was Netflix via a 'smart' Sony Bluray player

[Magic919]

Blipi said:

Did a ping test at 12mbs and one at 9mbs.

That's speed, not a ping test. If you really have those speeds then iPlayer and all the usual suspects would work just fine.

Do you get those speeds over your wifi?

[karma mechanic]

On the Fire stick, go into 'Settings' and then 'System'. There you can look at the network, and the play/pause key on the remote will show you the network quality. That's the speed/quality of your wifi connection, which is much more likely to be the problem if you really have more than 10 mbps broadband.

Sometimes the TV itself is blocking an otherwise-ok wifi signal, so it can sometimes be useful to put the Fire stick on the end of an HDMI cable in a position where it gets a better signal. You'd need a female-to-female HDMI connector to do that though.

[Stoatman]

I've got a firestick and Fire TV. The tv runs so much faster with no buffering , the stick is pants by comparison . It's got the I player app too and runs quickly. I'm on about 15mbps

[checkmate91]

I've got a smart TV and a copper telephone line. Max I get is about 6MBps download, that's good enough for Amazon prime and Netflixs if you let them buffer a bit to begin with