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Internet Speeds better with Vudu

Ok, not sure if I'm in the right Forum. I recently upgraded my dsl speed to 8mb.

In the evenings and weekends my speeds have been horrible! Can barely steam Hulu except on lowest setting.

Now this weekend I wanted to watch a movie on Vudu so I tested the speed on their speed test and I was getting the speeds I was supposed to and I could stream HDX. I don't understand why that is.

Is there something I'm missing, I'm not real familiar with networking but familiar enough.

toby
Troy Mcclure
join:2001-11-13
Seattle, WA

toby

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Vudu works better for me than Netflix in the evenings too.

Ken1943
join:2001-12-30
Brighton, CO

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Evenings and weekends, high internet traffic = degraded speeds. The internet capacity has not grown with the amount of traffic being used for movies and other high usage programs being streamed.

Increased internet speeds = isp capacity = price

My price for 7 mbs is too high.

The US has the worst internet because we killed regulation and Comcast, CL and the rest have really screwed us.
Crusty
join:2008-11-11
Sanger, TX

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said by toby:

Vudu works better for me than Netflix in the evenings too.

100% agree. My Vudu pegs the speed test scale thus allowing me to stream HDX without any buffering but I can barely stream Netflix..very grainy picture.