Apple TV slow streaming

Streaming from iTunes on my Apple TV 3 is painfully slow, despite restoring resetting and updating it and my modem several times. It was much faster a few months ago. Streaming from my MacBook is ok
I have a 8Mps Internet connection
Any clues?

You are not alone. I believe there is somehting fundamentaly wrong with atv. I had these issues startiing in September 2012 and still not resolved. I tried everyting, changing DNS servers and settings, changing to a different ISP, selling my atv2 and upgrading to atv3. moving away from wifi to an ethernet connection. Nothing seems to fix this.
It is sooo frustrating. one day it is fine and the next it takes 7 hours to download a SD movie.
My internet speed is in excess of 100mb/s, when I connect to the itunes store on my macbook and rent a movie it downloads almost instantaneously. I can start watching straight away. But no such luck on atv.
Funny that it seems to be a raondom thing. My mates with atv do not expereince this issue. But having changed all the variables I have to conclude that it is an issue with apple's servers and how they provide content to atv.
Off to the store now to replace the atv (will be the 3rd device). If this does not work I'm moving over to Amazon Instant Video!

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I am having problem with multiple (but separate) domain. I opened a ticket.
Here is Apple's slow and useless response and my follow up.
This follow up is not going to resolve the issues I am having. The sites are not in one domain file. I have split them into separate domains. I found that the simplest change to any page made the publishing process extremely and reasonably slow. If I updated a single site, iWeb republishes the whole conglomeration; hardly the most efficient way.
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On Aug 19, 2007, at 11:09 AM, .Mac Support wrote:
Dear David,
I understand that you are experiencing an issue viewing some of your websites published in iWeb:
I have examined all of the published pages and they appear to load and function as expected. If you published your website to .Mac, you can visit it either of these ways:
- In iWeb, click the Visit button in the lower-left corner.
- Enter the following URL into a web browser:
http://web.mac.com/daviddawley/
If you have published more than one website, the URL above will take you to the default website, which is the first website listed in iWeb. To visit another website you have created in iWeb, use the following URL format:
http://web.mac.com/daviddawley/iWeb/YourSiteName
Using this form, the web addresses for the two sites you mentioned would be:
http://web.mac.com/daviddawley/iWeb/FuzzyLlamaJuniorOptimist.com
http://web.mac.com/daviddawley/iWeb/pAwesomeProductions.com
To change the default website, simply open iWeb, and in the Site Organizer, drag the desired default website to the top and republish to .Mac.
NOTE: Be sure to give each website a unique name. This will help prevent one website from overwriting another. For further information, refer to the following article:
iWeb: Do not use similar names for your sites
http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n303042
If you still experience issues with the website, try the following troubleshooting steps:
WAIT SEVERAL MINUTES
If your website has movies, you may need to wait several minutes after going to the website before the movies are ready to play. The QuickTime Player icon indicates that a movie is still loading.
CLEAR YOUR BROWSER CACHE
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If you use another browser, consult that browser’s documentation if you need assistance in updating the browser.
TRY ANOTHER BROWSER
If you use a Mac, try viewing your website with Safari or Firefox. If you use Windows, try Internet Explorer 6 or Firefox. Firefox is a free download available here: http://getfirefox.com
TRY ANOTHER NETWORK
If possible, try viewing your website from another network or Internet connection. If you can successfully view the website from another network, please consult your network administrator or Internet service provider (ISP) to resolve this issue.
Important: Mention of third-party websites and products is for informational purposes only and constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation. Apple assumes no responsibility with regard to the selection, performance, or use of information or products found at third-party websites. Apple provides this only as a convenience to our users. Apple has not tested the information found on these sites and makes no representations regarding its accuracy or reliability. There are risks inherent in the use of any information or products found on the Internet, and Apple assumes no responsibility in this regard. Please understand that a third-party site is independent from Apple and that Apple has no control over the content on that website.
Sincerely,
Mel
.Mac Support
http://www.apple.com/support/dotmac
http://www.mac.com/learningcenter
Support Subject : iWeb
Sub Issue : I can't publish to .Mac from iWeb
Comments : I was interested in forwarding one of several iWeb based sites to one of my domains. I wanted to see what the steps were. I believe I inadvertently started the process for moving the site to www.nfdoi.com site. I have several sub directories under the ~/Library/Application Support/iWeb directory with separate domain.sites files (now domain.sites2).
I was going through all of my domain.sites files and opening them in iWeb08; then publishing them. Somewhere along the line everything blew up. Most of my iWeb sites no longer function, It appears that every other iweb site other www.nfdoi.com is down EXCEPT the last one I published. I have made a mess of things and would appreciate any help.
Don't work:
http://web.mac.com/daviddawley/FuzzyLlamaJuniorOptimist.com
http://web.mac.com/daviddawley/pAwesomeProductions.com
Works:
http://web.mac.com/daviddawley/Optimist_View/OptimistView.com/OptimistView.com.h tml
========= PLEASE USE THE SPACE ABOVE TO DESCRIBE THE ISSUE BASED ON THE QUESTIONS BELOW =========
1. What version of iWeb are you using to publish to .Mac? iLife 08
2. When did you first notice this issue? After publishing a few sites.
3. What happens, including any error messages, when you try to publish your site?
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Alternate email address : [email protected]
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