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Re: Streaming TV Catch Up Services

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On 15/06/2026 09:20, Jeff Gaines wrote:
> 
> I asked this in the broadband group but wonder if anybody here can comment?
> 
> I have a new Tp-Link DR3650V-4G Omada 4G+ Cat6 Ax3000 Wi-Fi 6 Gigabit 
> Desktop Dsl Gateway 4G+ to give it its full name and it has a Three data 
> SIM in it which gives me download speeds of up to 50 Mb/s. I have seen 
> that speed once, it usually hovers between 34 Mb/s and 44 Mb/s compare 
> to the 10 Mb/s my FTTC  ADSL gives me.
> 
> I am trying it since there is no hope of FTTP or higher speeds from FTTC 
> here.
> 
> It has been very good but I do notice that streaming ITVX I get some 
> buffering and I have had an error dialog pop up on my streaming box. The 
> error box did say once it was a problem at their end and try again 
> later, sometime the whole program works fine but not the adverts. When 
> this happened I switched to BBC iTunes (is that the right name?) and it 
> was perfectly smooth, no problems.
> 
> I just wondered if people here had streaming problems with ITVX? I don't 
> want to jump from poor FTTC to bad mobile Internet.
> 
BBC iPlayer will downgrade the stream quality if it detects a problem 
with the connection speed, no idea if ITVX is the same. What happens 
with your 10 Mb/s FTTC ADSL which should OK for a single HD stream?

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Streaming TV Catch Up Services "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-06-15 08:20 +0000
  Re: Streaming TV Catch Up Services MikeS <MikeS@fred.com> - 2026-06-15 10:27 +0100
  Re: Streaming TV Catch Up Services Roderick Stewart <rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-06-15 10:35 +0100
  Re: Streaming TV Catch Up Services Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-15 13:10 +0100

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