Quick question. How does using a VPN help reduce buffering? If it does, is it best to connect through the country of origin of your provider, or to use a connection closer to your home? Thanks in advance for any help.
If your ISP is blocking IPTV traffic so it buffers every 10 or 15 seconds a VPN prevents them from recognizing the traffic as IPTV and eliminates the buffering.
If your ISP is not blocking but you are getting occasional buffering, a VPN can sometimes help by giving you a better (more direct, faster) routing to the source. This is more subtle but it happens. It can also happen that it is worse but that is less common. It can also be that your VPN connection is much slower due to traffic, delays, etc at the VPN server.
You should connect to the VPN endpoint geographically closest to you that is fast enough to do what you need.
If something is blocked it doesn’t buffer it’s just blocked end of. Your isp can never see IPTV traffic as the first commenter suggested as any provider will be using https, the notion that they can see what you’re doing and just decide to “interfere” rather than stop it entirely is ridiculous. The trouble is the routing, usually between data centres, this is where your isp can cause problems, which is why a vpn can help by switching up the routes. Alternatively the buffering could be caused by certain security protocols that could be switched on either on your router or your isp account itself(content filtering etc) it’s worth googling as no doubt someone will have also ran into the issue with your isp and there maybe a solution that way. Also any decent provider will circumvent actual blocks(epl/uk) etc, I live in the uk and have never had to use a vpn as my provider deals with it on their end, as it’s the connection/route from provider to client that gets blocked.
I found I get less if I connect to the Netherlands rather than a north American
It doesn’t ALWAYS help with buffering. Sometimes it slows it down. Try with, try without. Whatever works best, stick with it. I personally don’t use one.
Hello Iam from St.louis and I have IPTV service sometimes I have buffering problems especially when payperview comes on question, What’s the best VPN I can use and what’s the closest city I should use that is stronger than the service in my city I can use?
To consider when using a VPN … if you still get buffering when using, try a different VPN server location, you may need to cycle through the list of servers until no buffering. For example, last night buffering from Canadian and US locations, so I switched to a server in Germany (buffering gone).
There is no best VPN, at least that my experience. I have tried ToGuard, ExpressVPN, NordVPN, they all provide the same results. As for which server to use, you need to cycle through your list and find one that results in minimal buffering.
Cool. I’ll give that a shot. Thanks.
As bblickie has pointed out, so well, too. Consider a VPN as a tool to help you. Some people will say you don’t need it. I disagree. ISPs are talking to major broadcast companies to try and block certain types of streaming. You know the type I talk of!! The VPN is your go to app to prevent a block. You may need to play around with server locations and protocols at times but one quick tip I have is to reboot everything once in a while. Your router and your device. Good maintenance of your apps, and deleting unused apps will speed up your device. If all that is done and you have a solid reliable source, then you should only see buffering seldom. An element of buffering is to be expected now and again.
In my honest opinion of using half a dozen vpns, Surfshark has been the most effective, when I used it. Killswitch, minimal speed loss, multihop and tons of countries to choose from.
I’ve never had an issue with streaming iptv, kodi or other apps. The issue is if you are DOWNLOADING data. It also depends on location.