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Broadband poor can't watch Disney

Hi my sky connection is poor I can't watch a Disney plus film it keeps stopping. Every night around 11 no connection have called in before and fed up now with poor internet

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Re: Broadband poor can't watch Disney

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@Martin_witham to stream video tge TV or streaming box neds a strady data feed so if it is connected by WiFi the problem is likely to be a poor wifi signal in your home. WiFi is affected by interference which will get worse if your neighbours are using their networks. If you install a Wi`Fi analyzer appmon your phone that will show all of the networks in range with the signal strength and channel used. This issue can be particukarly bad in blocks of flats where it is not unusual to have more than 8 networks competing for space.

 

Ideally use ethernet cables to stream video but where thst isnt practical you can pay to get better wifi kit but this is like arms escalation you buy a whole home wifi set up which screws up your neighbour's WiFi so they upgrade. If tge streamer is a fair way from your hub look into using powerline networking adapters which use tge mains wiring to carry thecdata.

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65inch Sky Glass, 3 Sky Streaming Pucks, Sky Ultrafast + and Sky SR213(white Wifi Max hub) main Wifi from 3 TP-Link Deco M4 units in access point mode

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This message was authored by Chrisee This message was authored by: Chrisee Answer

Re: Broadband poor can't watch Disney

Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out more

@Martin_witham to stream video tge TV or streaming box neds a strady data feed so if it is connected by WiFi the problem is likely to be a poor wifi signal in your home. WiFi is affected by interference which will get worse if your neighbours are using their networks. If you install a Wi`Fi analyzer appmon your phone that will show all of the networks in range with the signal strength and channel used. This issue can be particukarly bad in blocks of flats where it is not unusual to have more than 8 networks competing for space.

 

Ideally use ethernet cables to stream video but where thst isnt practical you can pay to get better wifi kit but this is like arms escalation you buy a whole home wifi set up which screws up your neighbour's WiFi so they upgrade. If tge streamer is a fair way from your hub look into using powerline networking adapters which use tge mains wiring to carry thecdata.

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65inch Sky Glass, 3 Sky Streaming Pucks, Sky Ultrafast + and Sky SR213(white Wifi Max hub) main Wifi from 3 TP-Link Deco M4 units in access point mode
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This message was authored by Martin_witham This message was authored by: Martin_witham

Re: Broadband poor can't watch Disney

Thanks for your advice, spoke to sky and went through the diagnostic procedure and they are sending me a new router.

 

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