Vodafone broadband ireland Issues

[afterburn]

And like all have suggested the VPN has done the trick. The free Proton too .
Result.
Thanks for all the replies . Appreciate it

 

[browney]

Good to hear you're sorted.

 

[Aristotle]

And like all have suggested the VPN has done the trick. The free Proton too .
Result.
Thanks for all the replies . Appreciate it

Tbh a VPN is the first thing I try.
Glad you sorted it.

 

[Twix19]

Hi Im with Vodafone Ireland and Having same issues. On 500 mbps ftth. Iptv wont work on firestick at all. my mate has same iptv he is on eir no issues at all.

I Could watch sd channels but the are buffering now. On fast.com and okola speed check im getting around 30mbps.

Prime ,youtube etc are working fine. Vodafone keep telling me no issue line is fine. Now they are saying issues with eir network. I have constantly rang them for over a month. No solution yet. Cant use iptv at all.

 

[browney]

Hi Im with Vodafone Ireland and Having same issues. On 500 mbps ftth. Iptv wont work on firestick at all. my mate has same iptv he is on eir no issues at all.

I Could watch sd channels but the are buffering now. On fast.com and okola speed check im getting around 30mbps.

Prime ,youtube etc are working fine. Vodafone keep telling me no issue line is fine. Now they are saying issues with eir network. I have constantly rang them for over a month. No solution yet. Cant use iptv at all.

What happens you use a VPN

 

[Twix19]

Hi Im with Vodafone Ireland and Having same issues. On 500 mbps ftth. Iptv wont work on firestick at all. my mate has same iptv he is on eir no issues at all.

I Could watch sd channels but the are buffering now. On fast.com and okola speed check im getting around 30mbps.

Prime ,youtube etc are working fine. Vodafone keep telling me no issue line is fine. Now they are saying issues with eir network. I have constantly rang them for over a month. No solution yet. Cant use iptv at all.

Have used express vpn and surf shark as advised by iptv provider. Didn't do anything for me.

 

[browney]

Have used express vpn and surf shark as advised by iptv provider. Didn't do anything for me.

Checked to see if Vodafone safe search/nanny settings are off?

 

[Twix19]

What happens you use a VPN

Have used express vpn and surf shark as advised bu iptv provider. Didn't do anything for me.

 

[Twix19]

Checked to see if Vodafone safe search/nanny settings are off?

No ill give that a go later today. Ill set how I get on.

 

[Scufferoo]

Which firestick are you using ? Can you swap sticks with your mate to test

 

[Twix19]

Which firestick are you using ? Can you swap sticks with your mate to test

We both have the 4k stick, I set his up for him.

 

[Twix19]

Which firestick are you using ? Can you swap sticks with your mate to test

We both have the 4k stick, I set his up for him.

 

[Aristotle]

Hi Im with Vodafone Ireland and Having same issues. On 500 mbps ftth. Iptv wont work on firestick at all. my mate has same iptv he is on eir no issues at all.

I Could watch sd channels but the are buffering now. On fast.com and okola speed check im getting around 30mbps.

Prime ,youtube etc are working fine. Vodafone keep telling me no issue line is fine. Now they are saying issues with eir network. I have constantly rang them for over a month. No solution yet. Cant use iptv at all.

You are on 500mb connection and speed test shows 30mb.
That is big issue and large a discrepancy in speed and needs sorting first.
Have tried speed test on other devices on WiFi and also a device connected with an Ethernet cable?
Have you rebooted router to see if it sorts the speed issue out?
Have you tried a hardwired connection to the Firestick? Which is the best setup imo if possible.

 

[Twix19]

You are on 500mb connection and speed test shows 30mb.
That is big issue and large a discrepancy in speed and needs sorting first.
Have tried speed test on other devices on WiFi and also a device connected with an Ethernet cable?
Have you rebooted router to see if it sorts the speed issue out?
Have you tried a hardwired connection to the Firestick? Which is the best setup imo if possible.

Hi I have done hard reset about 10 times with Vodafone. Reset modem and router speeds go to 400 Then drop off straight away. Vodafone are saying its eir lines.my neighbours are both Vodafone and have no issues. I have done ethernet speed test get 60 to 80 mbps.

 

[Aristotle]

Hi I have done hard reset about 10 times with Vodafone. Reset modem and router speeds go to 400 Then drop off straight away. Vodafone are saying its eir lines.my neighbours are both Vodafone and have no issues. I have done ethernet speed test get 60 to 80 mbps.

You really need them out to sort their poor speed performance.
Is your connection fibre to a box then phone lines from box to house?
I would also try connect the Firestick to Ethernet for now if possible until you can get Vodafone to sort your connection out.

 

[mikeyeah]

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

Yeah I was going to suggest proton VPN! free as well!

 

[redkeeper]

I’m in Ireland, with Vodafone FTTH, but I use a UniFi router. ExpressVPN on a 4k FireStick and no issues so far 🤞🏼

 

[mikeyeah]

Another alternative rather than using a VPN is to change the DNS on the firestick, most of time the DNS servers are hard coded into the router and you can’t changed them, they will be configured to use a Vodafone DNS server, if you change the DNS server on the device to something like 1.1.1.1 or 8.8.8.8, that will probably fix the issue as the ISP probably blacklisted the URL, so their DNS server won’t resolve the IPTV URL

 

[cumu2003]

I’m in Ireland, with Vodafone FTTH, but I use a UniFi router. ExpressVPN on a 4k FireStick and no issues so far 🤞🏼

Changing the router is a good shout, as heard a few people have had issue with Vodafone routers...

 

[redkeeper]

I’ve been very happy with the UniFi Express 👍🏻