Rate your ISP's Netflix Experience
I find that it’s quite tough to get an objective view of which ISPs are the best these days with all of the user feedback threads here on MyBB. To me, and I’m sure a few others, streaming performance/reliability is the most important metric which I measure my ISP on.
I came across a way of measuring the Netflix video performance which appears to be a little hidden gem on Netflix (though a there have been a couple mentions of it on MyBB). I thought that it’d be a nice way of objectively rating our ISPs rather than “seems slow”, “lots of buffering” type feedback would be to use this tool and for everyone to post their results here.
So, if you’d like to participate, here are the steps:
On your usual Netflix-watching device, search for a video called “Example Short 23.976”. This is a special video from Netflix which displays the actual bitrate and resolution in yellow text in the top right corner of the screen. The video itself is quite random, but the goal here is not to watch an Oscar performance!
Let the video play and post your results here using the template below. You should be looking for the bitrate your connection is able to sustain reliably and which was the peak bitrate which it achieved.
If we all participate, this should hopefully prove to be a helpful and relatively objective thread about SA’s Netflix streaming performance.
ISP/Product: (eg. Afrihost Capped, Afrihost Business Uncapped 10mbps, WebAfrica Business Capped)
Line Speed: (eg. 10mbps, 4mbps)
DNS Provider: (eg. UnblockUs, Unotelly)
Streaming Hardware: (eg. Roku 3, Apple TV)
Stable Bitrate: (eg. 1750kbps)
Peak Bitrate: (eg. 2350kbps)
Here’s a HowToGeek write-up about the video and the maximum bitrates you could expect to get.
tldr: Copy and paste the template, look for a video called "Example Short 23.976" on Netflix. Post results here.
I find that it’s quite tough to get an objective view of which ISPs are the best these days with all of the user feedback threads here on MyBB. To me, and I’m sure a few others, streaming performance/reliability is the most important metric which I measure my ISP on.
I came across a way of measuring the Netflix video performance which appears to be a little hidden gem on Netflix (though a there have been a couple mentions of it on MyBB). I thought that it’d be a nice way of objectively rating our ISPs rather than “seems slow”, “lots of buffering” type feedback would be to use this tool and for everyone to post their results here.
So, if you’d like to participate, here are the steps:
On your usual Netflix-watching device, search for a video called “Example Short 23.976”. This is a special video from Netflix which displays the actual bitrate and resolution in yellow text in the top right corner of the screen. The video itself is quite random, but the goal here is not to watch an Oscar performance!
Let the video play and post your results here using the template below. You should be looking for the bitrate your connection is able to sustain reliably and which was the peak bitrate which it achieved.
If we all participate, this should hopefully prove to be a helpful and relatively objective thread about SA’s Netflix streaming performance.
ISP/Product: (eg. Afrihost Capped, Afrihost Business Uncapped 10mbps, WebAfrica Business Capped)
Line Speed: (eg. 10mbps, 4mbps)
DNS Provider: (eg. UnblockUs, Unotelly)
Streaming Hardware: (eg. Roku 3, Apple TV)
Stable Bitrate: (eg. 1750kbps)
Peak Bitrate: (eg. 2350kbps)
Here’s a HowToGeek write-up about the video and the maximum bitrates you could expect to get.
tldr: Copy and paste the template, look for a video called "Example Short 23.976" on Netflix. Post results here.
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