Netflix, Streaming Videos & DVDs

Stonepounder

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11. You could try running a speed test on your internet to see if you are getting the

Sat Jun 10, 2017, 01:11 AM

Jun 2017

speed that you are paying for. Don't use the test provided by your ISP though Just google 'speed test' then try a couple of different ones. Also, bear in mind that demand for bandwidth goes up during prime time, so that's when you should do your speed test. If you aren't consistently getting the speed you are paying for, call your ISP and set up a service call to check out why not.

Someday I'll tell the story of my problems with Time-Warner a few years back that resulted in 14 service calls over the course of about 3 months until they finally sent a guy who understood networking and not just how to change out the connector at the end of a cable

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Why is NETFLIX always interrupting, telling you they are having trouble with a title, [View all] LuckyLib Jun 2017 OP

What message would you rather have, "our service sometimes sucks"? I am not sure if their public still_one Jun 2017 #1

Call them mainstreetonce Jun 2017 #2

They're letting you know that it's not them but your internet service provider that's causing Xipe Totec Jun 2017 #3

Ok, thanks. That makes sense. We don't have cable TV, but internet for computer and TV. LuckyLib Jun 2017 #4

That's who you should complain to first. Xipe Totec Jun 2017 #9

You could try running a speed test on your internet to see if you are getting the Stonepounder Jun 2017 #11

I'd bet it's your ISP. I have zero trouble JDC Jun 2017 #5

That's rare. RandySF Jun 2017 #6

Are you streaming through a blue-ray? dflprincess Jun 2017 #7

I have zero problems with Netflix streaming. I'd blame your local provider if I were you. n/t Binkie The Clown Jun 2017 #8

I watched BLOODLINE s3ep5 tonight no problem... I called last year -tip try using Chrome... n/m bagelsforbreakfast Jun 2017 #10

Netflix has been very reliable for me. hunter Jun 2017 #12

I use Netflix all the time. Never get a buffering notice. Could be your internet service. Fla Dem Jun 2017 #13