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I have recently purchased a TV set box and am subscribing monthly to this service -  I am having some issues.

 

My ISP is PLDT and I have a 20Mbps feed with unlimited downloads.

 

The TV set box routes to a server in Singapore which appears to have low latency as the picture is freezing from time to time on live TV and bombing out completely on occasion on catchup TV.

 

Here are the  ping results :

 

Ping has started…

 

PING extv-fs.5centscdn.com (119.81.124.91): 56 data bytes

64 bytes from 119.81.124.91: icmp_seq=0 ttl=49 time=213.284 ms

64 bytes from 119.81.124.91: icmp_seq=1 ttl=49 time=213.639 ms

64 bytes from 119.81.124.91: icmp_seq=2 ttl=49 time=212.548 ms

64 bytes from 119.81.124.91: icmp_seq=3 ttl=49 time=212.694 ms

64 bytes from 119.81.124.91: icmp_seq=4 ttl=49 time=212.847 ms

64 bytes from 119.81.124.91: icmp_seq=5 ttl=49 time=212.604 ms

64 bytes from 119.81.124.91: icmp_seq=6 ttl=49 time=212.670 ms

64 bytes from 119.81.124.91: icmp_seq=7 ttl=49 time=212.757 ms

64 bytes from 119.81.124.91: icmp_seq=8 ttl=49 time=213.169 ms

64 bytes from 119.81.124.91: icmp_seq=9 ttl=49 time=213.712 ms

 

--- extv-fs.5centscdn.com ping statistics ---

10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0.0% packet loss

round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 212.548/212.992/213.712/0.409 ms

 

Are there any other of our members using this system ( or similar ) and are having the same problem and or are there any geeks who might have some thoughts or better still a solution.

 

 

[CebuBound]

That's telling you only the total time and yes it's slow.

 

Why don't you try the same thing but with the tracert (trace route) command instead of ping? That should show you all of the hops and maybe pin down where the bottleneck is. Sometimes there's a workaround such as switching to a different DNS server.

 

Cheers.

[expatuk2014]

that is very slow I am with pldt but upto 2mbs !

but I have just pinged the uk www.dailymail.co.uk

with the following result

reply from 124.106.175.137 bytes=32 time 36ms ttl 59 

 

I use ww.filmontv.com to watch Uk live tv and other channels with no problems and its free

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Trace Route results :

 

Traceroute has started…

 

traceroute to extv-fs.5centscdn.com (119.81.124.91), 64 hops max, 72 byte packets

 1  192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1)  2.091 ms  0.854 ms  0.800 ms

 2  192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1)  1.250 ms  1.239 ms  1.169 ms

 3  124.104.32.1.pldt.net (124.104.32.1)  7.295 ms  7.496 ms  7.409 ms

 4  122.2.175.198.static.pldt.net (122.2.175.198)  7.265 ms  6.930 ms  6.680 ms

 5  210.213.135.14.static.pldt.net (210.213.135.14)  24.570 ms  25.360 ms  23.305 ms

 6  210.213.128.29.static.pldt.net (210.213.128.29)  25.750 ms  25.730 ms  25.651 ms

 7  210.213.130.170.static.pldt.net (210.213.130.170)  23.192 ms  23.945 ms  23.245 ms

 8  unknown.telstraglobal.net (134.159.128.117)  182.919 ms  190.364 ms  182.920 ms

 9  unknown.telstraglobal.net (134.159.100.98)  191.945 ms  342.290 ms  191.272 ms

10  ae0.bbr02.eq01.sng02.networklayer.com (50.97.18.172)  204.419 ms  206.418 ms  204.745 ms

11  50.97.18.203 (50.97.18.203)  207.564 ms  206.811 ms  206.607 ms

12  174.133.118.151 (174.133.118.151)  203.878 ms  821.914 ms  1187.673 ms

13  fs-sg-sl01.5centscdn.com (119.81.124.91)  216.678 ms  426.017 ms  317.157 ms

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I am familiar with Filmon and it has its merits - free on SD - low quality and with ads  being one in particular - HD otherwise , available but at a considerable cost.

 

It also has channel limitations - Sky Sports and Sky Movies are not available which in my own case I require.

[Thomas]

My ISP is PLDT and I have a 20Mbps feed with unlimited downloads.

20 Mbitps = 2.5 Mbyte   which is the MIMIMUM I have been told needed to get no stops in the showing, so when your internet speed drop below the 20, then your screen freeze.

[earthdome]

 

My ISP is PLDT and I have a 20Mbps feed with unlimited downloads.

20 Mbitps = 2.5 Mbyte   which is the MIMIMUM I have been told needed to get no stops in the showing, so when your internet speed drop below the 20, then your screen freeze.

 

 

Rubbish. You can get reliable streaming of TV video starting at 3Mbs. If you look at the system requirements for Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, etc. you will see their minimum bandwidth is between 3-5Mbs.

[Richieboy67]

I watch Netflix here with a high of 1.3. No hi def not not bad.

Edited October 11, 2015 by Richieboy67

[Thomas]

 

 

My ISP is PLDT and I have a 20Mbps feed with unlimited downloads.

20 Mbitps = 2.5 Mbyte   which is the MIMIMUM I have been told needed to get no stops in the showing, so when your internet speed drop below the 20, then your screen freeze.

 

 

Rubbish. You can get reliable streaming of TV video starting at 3Mbs. If you look at the system requirements for Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, etc. you will see their minimum bandwidth is between 3-5Mbs.

3 - 5 Mbits or Mbytes?    :)

I'm talking about looking at ANY web-TV with a common computer through Internet.

 

If such need less than 2.5 Mbytes, how come I got load stops rather often, when I had suppoused to be 4Mbyte ADSL in Sweden?

[earthdome]

 

 

 

My ISP is PLDT and I have a 20Mbps feed with unlimited downloads.

20 Mbitps = 2.5 Mbyte   which is the MIMIMUM I have been told needed to get no stops in the showing, so when your internet speed drop below the 20, then your screen freeze.

 

 

Rubbish. You can get reliable streaming of TV video starting at 3Mbs. If you look at the system requirements for Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, etc. you will see their minimum bandwidth is between 3-5Mbs.

3 - 5 Mbits or Mbytes?    :)

I'm talking about looking at ANY web-TV with a common computer through Internet.

 

If such need less than 2.5 Mbytes, how come I got load stops rather often, when I had suppoused to be 4Mbyte ADSL in Sweden?

 

 

Right from the Amazon Prime support page:

 

Internet Bandwidth

Standard Definition (SD) videos: 900 Kbits/sec

High Definition (HD) videos: 3.5 Mbits/sec