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trijack3
New Member
5 years ago

Speed Test Results don't match user experience - can't watch AT&T TV

I subscribed to Hughesnet at the recommendation of the AT&T TV representative who advised me that their service could easily support 2 TVs which require 4-6 mbps per device.  After getting my interne...
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    MarkJFine
    5 years ago

    Speed test services operate more like a file download. Streaming is not like downloading a file - more like downloading many smaller files, each having it's own delay. Depending upon where you live and where the ground station connected to the internet is, you could easily have a minimum lag time of 500mS per ping. Depending upon the streaming service and resolution you use, that delay may be way too much and may confuse their server, which is why you see buffering.

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MarkJFine
Professor
5 years ago

Speed test services operate more like a file download. Streaming is not like downloading a file - more like downloading many smaller files, each having it's own delay. Depending upon where you live and where the ground station connected to the internet is, you could easily have a minimum lag time of 500mS per ping. Depending upon the streaming service and resolution you use, that delay may be way too much and may confuse their server, which is why you see buffering.