Streaming Netflix and a slow connection

I have a Netflix-enabled TV with a powerline adaptor running to it to stream movies upstairs. I was able to watch them with very few glitches for a while until I renewed my contract with Verizon for what it said was a faster internet speed. Now I can sometimes get through 1 episode of a TV show and then it completely stops and teels me my connection is too slow to support it.... I "chatted" with tech support after waiting for 30 minutes for an episode to load, only to have it stop to reload 3 minutes in and he said that he "boosted" my speed and that after restarting my router everything would be fine again. I have already done that and now it won't load anything at all. Does anyone have any advice that a not as tech savcy person would understand?? (Sorry, I read the responses in some of the other threads and I don't speak tech that fluently )

Hi, I'm taking over the posting here - I'm nicotomo's wife.
I've been using speedtest.net to check my speeds after trying to download Airport Utility for Windows multiple times, and have been averaging between .08 Mbps - .25 Mbps as opposed to my husband's 8 Mbps. He tested a lower 3 Mbps earlier today, but it is still worlds better than my speed.
When I test directly with the ethernet cord, I get speeds from 7 Mbps - 18 Mbps, so I highly doubt it is the internet connection itself.

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Hi, I'm taking over the posting here - I'm nicotomo's wife.
I've been using speedtest.net to check my speeds after trying to download Airport Utility for Windows multiple times, and have been averaging between .08 Mbps - .25 Mbps as opposed to my husband's 8 Mbps. He tested a lower 3 Mbps earlier today, but it is still worlds better than my speed.
When I test directly with the ethernet cord, I get speeds from 7 Mbps - 18 Mbps, so I highly doubt it is the internet connection itself.

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I have called every 800 number with an Indian accent available. I have called Comcast, Samsung, and my local Apple dealer. They all say i need to call each other's support network. No help. They just read from a computer a response that I have by now memorized. I'm about to send my new Samsung 2500 back to Amazon.
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I guess that there is 2 possibilities that I can think of.
One is that you are using a single IP address and only one device is getting it at any given time. However with a router I would not think that this is the issue. But just to be sure... I am assuming that the Netgear router's WAN/Internet port is connected to the Comcast modem. The Netgear router should be configured with it's DHCP services enabled. I am assuming that the AirPort Express (AX) is connected via Ethernet to one of the Netgear router's LAN ports. The AX should be configured to act as a bridge (not sharing a single IP address).
The other possibility is that the bandwidth is getting entirely consumed by the Samsung Blu-ray and the MacBook has no opportunity to get any data.

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i have led 40 inch c7000 samsung tv. first 3 days i dont have any issues for netflix and utube streaming.
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Is it disconnecting or buffering (where it has to wait for the stream to catch up)? If it is buffereing it may have to do with time of day and what source you are using. I was playing around with Amazon Video on Demand Saturday night and while trying to watch an HD preview there was a lot of buffereing going on, when we rented a movie today (Sunday early afternoon) the movie didn't buffer once. In doing some research on various video on demand services it appears some of them have streaming issues based on time of day (Friday and Saturday nights). There could also be an issue with your internet service provider. Depending on what level of service you have your connect speed may not be fast enough so that at times it works, but when their network is busy they throttle your connection speed down and you get buffering.
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3 years ago, I had 15/5 FIOS and had trouble with slow load times for streaming services including Netflix (we now all know about those problems) and MLB.TV (heavy user). I switched to Comcast (to try and fix the issues as well as lower price) and had a very good experience. Very fast load times, no stuttering, good up times.
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That would not explain why switching the coax/modem back to Comcast resolves the problems, both in buffering speed and stuttering.
This is not on a PC, this is on a network device like a Roku or Blu-Ray player.
If it were on the MLB server end I would be having trouble on my PC at other sites (I can generally stream over WiFi elsewhere) and the issue would not resolve itself by switching providers.
Also, I had this problem with FIOS 3 years ago ... so it is not something recent.
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If I relate your issue then the above mentioned solution justifies the troubleshooting steps to be taken, however, in addition to that i would also like to suggest you to try and install your Linksys E1200 router using the Cisco Connect Software just in case, if you are not using it....
Installation disc that came along with your router would help you in installing this router using the Cisco Connect Software, using which you can expect this router to offer you best throughput with both wired and wireless connectivity.....
To set up your router using the Cisco Connect Software, you can use:
http://www6.nohold.net/Cisco2/ukp.aspx?pid=93&login=1&vw=1&app=search&articleid=22732&userrole=Links...
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After it started happening on my imac I tried to download on my ne macbook pro but the same thing is happening. I can stream without any ral noticiable problems from my icloud library, Netflix, and Hulu but when I try to download so I can back them up I get the 8008 error code. I have contacted spple support and am still waitin on an answer. Sometimes the error will happen towards the beginning and other times when it is almost downloaded. I can tell it is atarting when the time remaining starts to fluctuate, then the download bar may stop ans start over. It seems to be an icloud problem but I thought I would check to see if anyone else has had the problem and was able to get it taken care of. It should be noted that everyonce in a while I do get a complete download.

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Delete your iTunes Downloads folder, located in:
Mac OS X:  ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Downloads Note: "iTunes Media" may appear as "iTunes Music. Also, the tilde (~) refers to your Home directory.
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Quit iTunes.
Delete the Downloads folder on your computer.
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Enter your account name and password.
Also review this support aticle as it might be causing due to internet connection: http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1368
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I am unable to stream Netflix to my Iphone or Apple TV, from my wireless router . . . even though I am able to watch Netflix on my WII (also wireless) and desktop computer (not wireless).
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Troubleshooting
Apple TV2 update one day and netflix is browsing but not launching the actual content (error 139)
Ipad2 (another ios device) forces me to update netflix if I want to use it and I get the same error 139 on it.
**** now I have two not ways not working where prior to some update it was fine.
Nintendo Wii is still working ( mind you running an ancient version of netflix ) Dusted the Wii off and gave it to the kids use. Now they are happy again...
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2 calls to Netflix (useless... waste of time... they are too quick to blame anyone but themselves)
1 call to apple support (support call was going to cost more than it cost for me to change ISPs)
2 calls to ISP (through the normal means - regular support number)
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It's now been several days since the beta patch to the bluecoat and 4 of us who have been communicating on the issue appear to be online all at the same time for those several days and that is a good sign that we might be out of the woods on the issue.
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B] If you haven't installed Cisco Connect then you can log on to the router's user interface using it's default IP address in the browser which is 192.168.1.1 and type in 'admin' as the password leaving the username field blank. This will take you to the router's web interface and then follow steps as mentioned above to make the changes.
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