Buffering

[flash2015]

The buffering for iptv66 has been so bad for the last 2 weeks that it is unwatchable.Have set up advanced settings and still buffers every 10 secs.Anyone else having issues with this service?

[Freed]

Sometimes, some channels unwatchable. Others maybe get 5-10mins. Other channels fine.

It is a little frustrating for a paid service. I run back to filmon regularly unfortunately which is free and used by many more people and never seems to buffer like this service and that's free although you have very limited channels. They probably have bigger or better servers or whatever at filmon although pictures only in 480 but watchable.

It is what it is I guess. I've learnt complaining about it achieves nothing but it's good to find out they you are not the only one with this problem. We've all gone a little mad and been frustrated

[crazed 9.6]

Been at my daily channel checking today. Been at it for a couple hours now.
There have been very few channels that buffer or even freeze at all.
This buffering seemingly reported as a server issue, is not a server issue 90% of the time.
Give me some channels to check for buffering and I will be honest in my test and reports.

If there is no buffering here, then how could it be a server issue ?

[Freed]

Hey I don't mind. It is what it is and for $80 a year I'm more than happy. There will always be some issues and you can't please everyone.

It works and there is an epg guide. That will do me just fine

[crazed 9.6]

Hey I don't mind. It is what it is and for $80 a year I'm more than happy. There will always be some issues and you can't please everyone.

It works and there is an epg guide. That will do me just fine

I understood your comments bud :)

I do this checking daily thing so as the members can have a point to work from.
If I can honestly report what is seen here, then the member can use that as a starting point in his or her troubleshooting.
Is why I ask for channels that seem to buffer more then others. That way I also have something to work with :)

[flash2015]

Back to FTA cause it has been flawless.

[bawler]

flash2015, that is NOT true. I just went to the forum for FTA and they are having complaints as well.

[SIMPLEUSE]

well i have another service and i never once in a year had bufferring issues ,my sons internet has been perfect all the other addons on my android box are perfect and when i switch this service on ive constant buffering on the uk channels especially so its not my connection i think its from the service or uk channel server especially

[svrob]

Try testing skysport1 it's buffering almost every 5 seconds as of now

[svrob]

TSN5 doing the same as sky 1, tsn 1 and 4 not working at all

[banghonk]

Try testing skysport1 it's buffering almost every 5 seconds as of now

Same thing here. Proper frustrating!

[svrob]

It never seems work for the big sporting events which for me makes it useless

[svrob]

Same thing here. Proper frustrating!

Yours running any better mines still unwatchable?

[banghonk]

Yours running any better mines still unwatchable?

Gave up after letting it do it's thing after 10mins. Buffering every 3 secs. Server's obviously can't cope with the load.

[svrob]

Gave up after letting it do it's thing after 10mins. Buffering every 3 secs. Server's obviously can't cope with the load.

Are you watching on another service or just given up altogether?

[banghonk]

Are you watching on another service or just given up altogether?

Just given up for the day mate.

[svrob]

My subscription runs out in a few days and I'm done, I only want it to watch the football and it's never worked properly in the month I've had it.

[Laslo]

The service is now a mess. It was like this the last time. Very little is done to fix things until the services are in crisis mode. I have to believe the folks who really know the servers only work part time and are only called in when things get really, really bad. Time to call!

[Cagemaste]

it was very bad yesterday...will check it out after work tonight.....see how the rest of month goes and will determine if i renew at that point.......for the price I am still very happy with what i got, just wish some of the sports channel would work a lil better....but overall a good value

[svrob]

it was very bad yesterday...will check it out after work tonight.....see how the rest of month goes and will determine if i renew at that point.......for the price I am still very happy with what i got, just wish some of the sports channel would work a lil better....but overall a good value

I'd rather pay a bit more for a reliable service, from my experience it never works for English Premier League games and the choice of channels is poor so you get little choice of matches. Other services offer backup options in case the main channel is down. Sadly it's a bit of a mess and needs properly sorting as it stands

[Cagemaste]

this is only my 3rd day with this service...trying it out for a month to see what its like......no service is perfect...its just a matter of find the right balance between $ vs Error.....got 27 more days before i make a decision

[emjay]

From my experience, you're not gonna get much help on here for these types of Problems (Buffering etc.) for IPTV66. They almost always dismiss it as a user specific issue with your ISP or something of that sort. Every time I experience issues I come here just to see if others are having issues and sure enough, many others are having same issues... Coincidence? I think not.

What I have noticed in my troubleshooting is that there is high latency 200ms and above near the IPTV66 server address. If you run a simple traceroute (I do graphical utilities), I bet you gonna start seeing high latency when the hops get closer to 66.iptv66.tv address.
So that leads me to believe that it may not be with the server per say but could be with their (IPTV66) ISP or their ISP's peering partner(s).
Although this does not affect some users on here so I suspect it depends on what routes the end user is traversing to get to the destination (IPTV66 server). Most likely those of us experiencing the issues are taking this particular route where this high latency is occurring.
Wish I could attach some screenshots on here to show...

[jrbill1991]

All the HD channels buffer every 3 seconds

[greg]

not here working fine

[remmirt]

Working fine here also...

[monty49]

Things are looking great!

[greg]

channels are freezing today lots here

[monty49]

channels are freezing today lots here
Yep,Must still be under maintenance.

[SIMPLEUSE]

unbelieveable buffereing today well for the last 3 weeks on certain channels dont think i will be renewing my subscription when it runs out in a few weeks i just cant understand that free add ons have a better service than this paid crap i also begin to notice than some channels when clicked come up as pther channels like ahc when i click on it comes up as id channel its getting worse by the day

[Freed]

I have been saying this for weeks. Free addons no buffering.

Currently watching man city vs Tottenham in HD. Not a buffer in sight. That's on a free add on which I'm sure is being used many thousands of people.

[dirkellis]

i've had for 3 weeks now this service, i hasn't been able to watch one channel for more than five 5 seconds without freezing, i paid this service basically for cbs ny, nbc ny, fox ny and fox sports southwest so i can watch my dallas mavericks, neither of the channels from ny work correctly they just keep buffering every 3 seconds which is beyond frustrating and fox sports southwest doesn't even work i've got download speeds of 30mbps and upload speed of 5 mbps how can this happen?

[george28]

i've had for 3 weeks now this service, i hasn't been able to watch one channel for more than five 5 seconds without freezing, i paid this service basically for cbs ny, nbc ny, fox ny and fox sports southwest so i can watch my dallas mavericks, neither of the channels from ny work correctly they just keep buffering every 3 seconds which is beyond frustrating and fox sports southwest doesn't even work i've got download speeds of 30mbps and upload speed of 5 mbps how can this happen?

What platform are you using. Kodi, stbemu?

[dirkellis]

What platform are you using. Kodi, stbemu?
I'm using kodi on my laptop an hp envy with i7 processor and 8 gb of ram (not sure if this info is relevant)