I have had 2 cases with DirectT^V reporting slow internet. One of
these cases was on a 25/25 package and the other case was on a 50/25
package. In both cases customers were connecting the receiver via
wireless. One the 50/25 case the router was in the same room on an
opposite wall.
In both
Good info! I have been wondering how their streaming stuff works so poorly.
We often get calls about it and DirecTV told them that their internet is
too slow. I always point out that Netflix, Hulu, Youtube, and others stream
in HD no problem on their service and maybe, just maybe DirecTV is the
we have 15mbps feed from TWC and no issues with Demand or NetFlix...4
smartphones, three laptops, 2 PC's and three Smart TV's..UniFi AP N ..we
used to when it was first installed...no fiber in our area yet...all
copper.
Jaime Solorza
Wireless Systems Architect
915-861-1390
On Wed, Mar 18, 2015
throttled.
From: Jaime Solorza
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2015 9:45 AM
To: Animal Farm
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Direct TV on demand bandwidth
we have 15mbps feed from TWC and no issues with Demand or NetFlix...4
smartphones, three laptops, 2 PC's and three Smart TV's..UniFi AP N ..we used
to when
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Direct TV on demand bandwidth
What’s interesting is that when the Direct TV receiver was first installed, it
seemed to download a whole bunch of stuff from the Internet, but I don’t see
evidence that it is using the Internet connection now except when they watch On
Demand
Maybe everyone already knows this, but here's a graph from an experiment
today with a customer watching an on-demand movie on Direct TV.
Customer said he had no problems with Netflix, Hulu, etc. but could not
watch Direct TV on-demand stuff on his 3 Mbps connection. Turns out it
buffers up
