Crystal Web ADSL performance feedback thread Part 3...

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Some advice please

What is the lowest crystal web package that will allow me to stream content (kodi)? Will the 4Mbps home capped be suffice, in terms of speed?

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IrvtheSwerve said:
Some advice please

What is the lowest crystal web package that will allow me to stream content (kodi)? Will the 4Mbps home capped be suffice, in terms of speed?

Thanks
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Fine on 2Mb/s here. Of course not HD but SD is sufficient for me.
 
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Twitch performance is really starting to get annoying. Works and then buffers, refresh page, it works again. Rinse and repeat.
Anyone else having issues?
 
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Twitch performance is really starting to get annoying. Works and then buffers, refresh page, it works again. Rinse and repeat.
Anyone else having issues?
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Can't say I am. Source running flawlessly.

Which stream are you watching? I can check on my side.
 
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Twitch performance is really starting to get annoying. Works and then buffers, refresh page, it works again. Rinse and repeat.
Anyone else having issues?
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Yep use to be able to watch twitch on High on 10MB line, past few days struggled on Low. Browsing also felt sluggish, even though my line seems stable.
 
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Phinix said:
Twitch performance is really starting to get annoying. Works and then buffers, refresh page, it works again. Rinse and repeat.
Anyone else having issues?
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Kodi did that all weekend as well. Was streaming on one stream that was buffering at 19.5kB/s or thereabouts - yes, VERY bad quality, I know - and it worked for like 20 or 30 minutes, and then just started buffering the hell out of it. Other streams at around 65/70kB/s did the same thing.
 
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Kodi did that all weekend as well. Was streaming on one stream that was buffering at 19.5kB/s or thereabouts - yes, VERY bad quality, I know - and it worked for like 20 or 30 minutes, and then just started buffering the hell out of it. Other streams at around 65/70kB/s did the same thing.
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Kodi is not a source. It's an app that connects to various sources, most of which are horrid quality sources with next to zero resources on the serves and network they deliver on.

Network was 100% unshaped this weekend, and has been for some time...
 
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Kodi is not a source. It's an app that connects to various sources, most of which are horrid quality sources with next to zero resources on the serves and network they deliver on.

Network was 100% unshaped this weekend, and has been for some time...
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Exactly, all the more reason it shouldn't buffer that much - which it didn't use to. No matter what, it shouldn't buffer at 1/10th of my maximum line speed, especially if it happened on all different sources which were completely unrelated to each other.
 
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Exactly, all the more reason it shouldn't buffer that much - which it didn't use to. No matter what, it shouldn't buffer at 1/10th of my maximum line speed, especially if it happened on all different sources which were completely unrelated to each other.
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If it's buffering at 1/10th you can be sure it has nothing to do with our network then. :)
 
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If it's buffering at 1/10th you can be sure it has nothing to do with our network then. :)
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Or it has everything to do with your network. They worked fine before. And your network is the only common denominator - except for Kodi, which is also a version I have used for an extended period.

Different sources, same problem - see what I'm getting at?
 
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Certainly do for premium news server access if the product qualifies.

Not sure I'm understanding the question here...
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I'm on your capped product and use to have a account to connect to the CW news server, been having authentication issues lately and now I've been advised by support that I should try and connect to another CW news server with no authentication :|
 
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I'm on your capped product and use to have a account to connect to the CW news server, been having authentication issues lately and now I've been advised by support that I should try and connect to another CW news server with no authentication :|
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The only other news server you can use on CW is the IS one.

My settings: news.isdsl.net with port 119 and 4 connections.
 
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