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Watch TV on the internet - what internet speed ?
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To watch TV on the internet, you need a good, fast internet connection. Without a good internet connection, there is no point in trying to watch TV on the Internet but with a good connection, most are amazed at the quality of picture and with the overall viewing experience.
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You need approximately 800 kbps (100 kBps) of constant internet bandwidth to watch TV on the Internet. This equates to a 1 Mbps internet connection, but you should note that I say, "constant bandwidth" - this is because there is a difference between 1 Mbit Internet connection (1024 kbps or, 128kBps) and having an Internet connection that delivers "constant bandwidth" of 800 kbps (100 kBps)
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It doesn't matter where you live in the world, there are a number of factors that come into play when judging the speed and quality of your Internet connection. Whilst doing a speed test using any one of the many speed test sites such as www.speedtest.net gives you an indication of what the maximum speed of your Internet connection is, it doesn't tell you what you need to know about the quality of your Internet connection.
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The best way to judge what amount of "constant bandwidth" your Internet connection delivers is to download a sizeable file (10Mb) from an international site, such as (http://fuller.zen.co.uk/test) but, even doing this, may not tell you what you need to know?
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Your Internet service provider is very likely running a local memory cache, but what does this mean? Well, let's say that "user Joe" goes to a web site and downloads a file at 6am in the morning and then "user john" (with the same service provider) goes to the same web site at 7am to download the same file. As "user Joe" downloads the file, he may get a "constant bandwidth" speed of 400 kbps (50 kBps.) What he may not realise is that, as he downloads the file, his Internet service provider keeps a copy of it in their local memory cache so that, if anyone else wants the file, such as "user John," it can be delivered from their local memory cache without the need to access the Internet. As a result, when "user John" downloads the same file, (but later,) he may get a "constant bandwidth" speed of 2048kbps (256kBps) because he is downloading it from a local server as opposed to an international server.
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Secondly, your Internet service provider will also have configured your Internet connection with bandwidth restrictions that directly affect the performance of your Internet connection. As you surf or, download from the Internet, your service provider governs you with settings in their server such as "burst speed," "fall-back speed," "bandwidth capping" and "packet filtering." Add to all this, the fact that the majority of Internet connections are shared with a contention ratio of anything up to 20:1, it should be no surprise that at busy times, we all receive less "constant bandwidth."
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In this series, there are ten articles about how you can watch TV on the internet. Each one of the articles is linked at the foot of this page.
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Are you a British holiday home owner abroad?
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Would you like to watch UK TV when you are staying at your holiday home?
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No specialist equipment needed! No big satellite dish or receiver! Just a 1 Mbit internet connection, your laptop computer or, PC and your TV.
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Watch Live BBC (UK TV Licence required) and ITV, catchup TV from CH4 and CH5 and download BBC programmes to watch later.
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Watch LIVE TV on your computer and your TV at full screen resolution! Download 8 hours of TV overnight, on a 1 Mbit connection
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See what some of our existing customers are saying:-
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I've got a 1Mb internet connection and enjoy watching live Coronation Street, Eastenders, Emmerdale and loads of other programmes.
Catherine
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We went for the set up and pay (£5) per month. It cost (£20) for cables to connect our laptop computer to our TV and now, we can watch UK TV through our Internet connection.
Ian and Carol
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We watch a combination of live ITV and BBC and downloaded programmes at our own convenience.
Fred and Pauline
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1. Complete and submit our form to set up your new account.
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2. Verify the information that you have submitted and proceed to the secure payment section.
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3. Pay using Paypal or, by credit card using our secure payment facility.
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4. We email your login details to you together with, a simple set of instructions to enable you to configure your computer to use one of our servers.
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5. You get immediate access and can start watching some great British TV.
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Problem or, question? Tel: 0845 869 2232
8am - 8pm
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