hey, imho
...all servers run like swiss cheese ..reality is, "peak hours" are the biggest drawback when it comes to connecting to a server b/c there are many more clients connecting to these servers... some p$ (private) servers who share seeds will limit customers added to a server..the bigger the server the better and the cable companies who are running IPTV WILL get same issues as the little guys, the nagging buffer issues...the more servers being used, like NFPS does? they are likely using many more servers hence why you will see some are buffering and others NOT..we don;t know which server we are connecting to so, if customers were allowed to know if it was a geo location issue we can then change to a server to handle the traffic, better ...connecting to overseas servers is even more conflicting
once a server is trying to handle too much traffic (especially peak times) they cannot recover until less traffic
its a sad reality and will continue UNLESS the providers (private or public) up their bandwidth ...and there is the problem, COST!!!!
cable companies who offer iptv service also will limit their bandwidth with their internet customers so is it any wonder they too will get buffering during peak times? they keep trying to find hardware issues (mostly a myth) and even tell their csr's to try and point customers to their INTERNET hardware as if this was the issue of their buffers..hogwash...so, what it all boils down to is the amount of traffic connecting to their server(s)
and what channels get affected are dependent on how many are trying to stream through them..iptv is nice when it works and can stream without the buffers but its life in the internet world , it will NEVER be perfect and yes i get annoyed too but what can you do?
i just come on here to see if im NOT the only one and once i see im NOT?? then i know (as always) it's NOT my hardware..thats all i need to know..but i DO understand the rants, it comes with the territory...
Happy Holidays!!