EXTREME Buffering on every channel you are being throttled by your ISP

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Between April 1st and April 2nd Most users that were on Bell, Virgin(Bell), Telus(Bell) and Tek Savvy(Bell in some areas) were experiencing EXTREME Buffering.  Of course as the service we took the hit and received the blame for the actions of the ISP(Internet Service Provider) It seems that the providers have stepped up their game and they are able to see what is being streamed even with us using and SSl(https) connection or VPN they still throttle your connection.

You have to understand from our end we can't see the throttling we only get the angry reports from customers saying everything is unwatchable.  People put blind faith in their providers, you are watching 100's of dollars worth of content that they sell on their platform for 1/20th of the cost at some no name streaming service.  They don't want that so they slow down your connection.  You may have the fastest internet but your provider will control what you watch when they want to.

We came up with a solution..

WARNING THIS IS FOR THE ADVANCED USER DO NOT ATTEMPT THESE STEPS IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING

Steps to change DNS on Firestick to Cloudflare

1. From the home screen of your Firestick, go to "Settings" and select "Preferences".

2. Select "Privacy Settings".

3. Disable the "Device Usage Data" and "Collect App Usage Data" options if they are enabled.

4. Go back to the "Preferences" screen and select "Network".

5. Select your Wi-Fi network and click on "Forget Network".

6. Reconnect to your Wi-Fi network and select "Advanced".

7. Under the "DNS" option, select "Automatic" and change it to "Manual".

8. Enter the new DNS server addresses you want to use. Here are some options:

Cloudflare DNS: 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1

9. Click on "Connect" to save your changes.

or you can watch the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyMva2ZpNZY

Steps to change DNS on an Android TV Box

1. Go to the "Settings" app on your Android TV Box.

2. Select "Network & Internet" or "Wi-Fi & Internet".

3. Select the Wi-Fi network you are connected to.

4. Click on "Advanced settings" or "Advanced options".

5. Under the "IP settings" section, select "Static".

6. Scroll down and select "DNS 1".

7. Enter the new DNS server addresses you want to use. Here are some options:

Cloudflare DNS: 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1

9. Click on "Save" to save your changes.

You can watch this video give you an idea ... but use the cloudflare dns instead of the one in the video.. https://youtube.com/shorts/70e2PXlzNGw?feature=share

Once you have changed your DNS settings, your Android TV Box will use the new DNS server addresses for all network requests. This can help improve internet speed and avoid throttling.