[Football] Sky Sports +

Iggle Piggle

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Sep 3, 2010

5,952

• Aug 28, 2024

• #1

Bad fan last night. Watched from the comfort of my own home. On the plus side the catering was excellent. The pale ale was reasonably priced which I could drink from the bottle and my chilli was better than anything I've ever had at the Amex.

I digress. Did anyone watch the game on the abomination that is Sky sports +? Buffering and resetting like a dodgy stream on a moody fire stick. Looking at the Sky Forums and twitter it's a common occurrence for Tennis and the multiple football games and it's borderline unwatchable.

Something for you all to look forward to for the next round.

 

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Coldwaltham Seagull

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Mar 8, 2024

133

• Aug 28, 2024

• #2

It was terrible, thought it may have been my own internet connection at first but seems that everyone had the same issue

 

southstandandy

WEST STAND ANDY

Jul 9, 2003

6,047

• Aug 28, 2024

• #3

Worked fine for me - no buffering at all.

 

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Springal

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Feb 12, 2005

24,779

GOSBTS

• Aug 28, 2024

• #4

Yeah fine for me on Sky Broadband via my Sky box. Will be your internet I suspect

 

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maidstoneseagull

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Jul 21, 2004

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Maidstone

• Aug 28, 2024

• #5

Very stop start, just as it seemed to sort itself out it went again. I've had similar experience with the F1 red button.

 

Ooh it’s a corner

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Aug 28, 2016

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Nr. Coventry

• Aug 28, 2024

• #6

Via sky app on my iPad it was excellent

 

Dick Swiveller

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Sep 9, 2011

9,524

• Aug 28, 2024

• #7

Springal said:

Yeah fine for me on Sky Broadband via my Sky box. Will be your internet I suspect

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Given it happened to me and I have 1Gb, no.

 

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Littlemo

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Aug 25, 2022

1,697

• Aug 28, 2024

• #8

Yeah it was poor for me as well. I briefly switched on a few of the other games to see if they were having the same problems and they were. Shame, I was going to complain to Virgin because I thought it was their useless WiFi.

 

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Munkfish

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May 1, 2006

12,088

• Aug 28, 2024

• #9

Watched Via the app on 5G Travelling back from work, worked fine.

 

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tjg

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Jul 7, 2022

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• Aug 28, 2024

• #10

I watched it via NOW TV without any problems

 

The Oldman

I like the Hat

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Jul 12, 2003

7,159

In the shadow of Seaford Head

• Aug 28, 2024

• #11

Watched it via SKY Q box. No problems

 

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Springal

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Feb 12, 2005

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GOSBTS

• Aug 28, 2024

• #12

Dick Swiveller said:

Given it happened to me and I have 1Gb, no.

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Doesn’t matter what you’ve been sold, it’s what you’re actually getting. Could also be how you’re getting the content etc - loads of variables

 

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Toongull

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Jul 25, 2008

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Hadrian's Wall

• Aug 28, 2024

• #13

It was almost unwatchable at times. Had some buffering just after Webster headed the ball and had to wait 30 seconds for it to go in

 

Paulie Gualtieri

Bada Bing

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May 8, 2018

10,622

• Aug 28, 2024

• #14

No issues at all

We have fibre to the home so a decent internet connection and speed however

 

albionalba

Football with optimism

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Aug 31, 2023

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sadly in Scotland

• Aug 28, 2024

• #15

tjg said:

watched it via NOW TV without any problems

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same here, no issues

 

Dick Swiveller

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Sep 9, 2011

9,524

• Aug 28, 2024

• #16

Any chance the issue is a Sky Q Mini box as that is what I was using? It can stream Netflix, Amazon, Youtube etc so isn't the box or connection directly. But I gave up after 70 minutes and watched SSN. Must have frozen 60 times and kicked me out 3 times.

 

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Coalburner

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May 22, 2017

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• Aug 28, 2024

• #17

tjg said:

I watched it via NOW TV without any problems

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Me too, though I thought the "commentary" was appalling. Turned the sound off midway through the first half

 

carlzeiss

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May 19, 2009

6,234

Amazonia

• Aug 28, 2024

• #18

Couldn't find the game at all on my TV with Firestick and the Now TV app , half way through the 2nd half tried on the lap top though and showed up there .

Usually Sky sports on Now is good on the firestick with only 20Mpbs of wifi speed , no buffering and picture quality slightly better than freeview via the ariel

 

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Betfair Bozo

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Jul 24, 2007

2,107

• Aug 28, 2024

• #19

Dick Swiveller said:

Any chance the issue is a Sky Q Mini box as that is what I was using? It can stream Netflix, Amazon, Youtube etc so isn't the box or connection directly. But I gave up after 70 minutes and watched SSN. Must have frozen 60 times and kicked me out 3 times.

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Same here on all counts.

 

Dick Swiveller

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Sep 9, 2011

9,524

• Aug 28, 2024

• #20

Betfair Bozo said:

Same here on all counts.

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Might be an interesting discussion when I say I need the main TV for the next game then!