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Originally Posted by avs commenter
This is the problem a lot of people I know have. They rely on the crap equipment their internet provider gives/sells them.
I noticed a huge difference when I bought my own router and modem. I can stream UHD all day without any difficulty or buffering.
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I can stream all levels of content reliably from every source that I have tried except for Amazon Prime.
With Amazon Prime streaming, the video almost always freezes up and disintegrates into a mosaic mess while the audio keeps going forward. This happens no matter the time of day or night that I attempt to watch them. I have to pause and wait for the buffering to catch up before I can resume. It happens with my wired and my wireless connections alike. It happens with my modem and router and it also happens with a different modem and router provided by my ISP; I swapped for a brief period to see if their equipment performed any better than mine and it made no difference.
Netflix, Vudu, and Youtube stream reliably; Amazon Prime disappoints continually, which is a shame because I like their selection better than that of Netflix.