Vodafone broadband ireland Issues

[afterburn]

A mate has a firestick with an IPTV sub. he has Fibre to the home broadband , download is around 250 mg. Yet he cannot watch any streams as the either dont load or constantly buffer. I brought his firestick over to my house and it works perfectly. The vodafone gigabox router is standard out of the box.
Anyone come across this issue before or have any suggestions.
Thanks.

 

[Aristotle]

What it is like when try with a VPN?
Has he any other device that he can try his sub on at home?

 

[afterburn]

What it is like when try with a VPN?
Has he any other device that he can try his sub on at home?

Thanks he Dosent have a vpn on the firestick . No other devices at his home. I know another lad same issue also using Vodafone broadband which makes me think it's vodafone who are blocking him. I logged into the router to see if disabling ipv6 would help but that particular vodafone router doesnt use it. Any idea which vpn works best on a firestick.

 

[Aristotle]

Thanks he Dosent have a vpn on the firestick . No other devices at his home. I know another lad same issue also using Vodafone broadband which makes me think it's vodafone who are blocking him. I logged into the router to see if disabling ipv6 would help but that particular vodafone router doesnt use it. Any idea which vpn works best on a firestick.

Not sure about what VPN can be installed on Firesticks.
Hopefully a member can suggest one.
I use PIA VPN on my device.
But I would definitely test a VPN on his network to see the results.
I sometimes have to use VPN when EPL games are on because Virmin must use blocks at certain times.

 

[afterburn]

Pia has an app for firestick. I might get him to subscribe and see idf that skirts the issue.

 

[Aristotle]

Pia has an app for firestick. I might get him to subscribe and see idf that skirts the issue.

I think he could just buy a month for £9.99 and see if it solves his problem.
They also have deal at the moment for £65 you get three years and 4 months service.
I think you get unlimited connection with PIA so can be shared with friends and family.
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[hedges2016]

Could try protonvpn free works fine for my brother who's with sly....

 

[afterburn]

Could try protonvpn free works fine for my brother who's with sly....

thank you for the reply. Ill look intio that so.

 

[Aristotle]

thank you for the reply. Ill look intio that so.

Here have a look at this thread
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[browney]

As already said, a VPN should resolve this.

Are there any safe search settings within his Vodafone account that can be turned off?

 

[jigger121]

Vodafone are known to throttle speeds, turn off nanny settings, connect by ethernet and use a quality vpn

 

[afterburn]

Vodafone are known to throttle speeds, turn off nanny settings, connect by ethernet and use a quality vpn

What is nanny settings?

 

[manic01]

What is nanny settings?

Parental/content controls etc

 

[afterburn]

Parental/content controls etc

Ah right of course.😁😁

 

[lemta]

What is nanny settings?

If you have young kids at home I would advise not to turn it off as it can block out all sorts of nasty websites that kids can unwittingly open up through dodgy ads.

 

[afterburn]

If you have young kids at home I would advise not to turn it off as it can block out all sorts of nasty websites that kids can unwittingly open up through dodgy ads.

I understand. There are no young children .
Thanks.

 

[mrafc]

I have Vodafone in UK,can't say I've had any issues. But definitely try a VPN and turn off the parental controls if you happy with this

 

[mrafc]

 

[moshibeth]

Its quite common for vodafone to throttle over in ireland as suggested a vpn should be a work around.

 

[Friel]

Search for ProtonVPN on the Firestick itself, download the app, make an account and you'll be golden.