Buffering every few seconds while watching On Demand show on computer

Trying to watch On Demand Show on my home computer, but it rebuffers every few seconds.  I have the triple play with the high speed internet.

Hi Phil,
We have Verizon fios and have been streaming videos with no problems in the past on all my apple devices including my iPhone 5s. now I have no problems streaming hbo, show time and Netflix. WhenI start a video it takes awhile to load and when it starts it will stop every 3 seconds and then I have to push the play button to start the video again. I have not had the opportunity to test any other Wifi connection other then the one at home.

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