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BT TV Box taking all my internet

JoshuaG124 — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 17:34:05 GMT

When i use Netflix on my BT TV Box it's taking all my bandwidth making it impossible to use other devices. I have 150MB download speeds.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Re: BT TV Box taking all my internet

barnpiece — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 18:04:43 GMT

The minimum download speed required for streaming are shown here:

Broadband speed requirements - YouView Support

Minimum is 3Mbp/s and 5 Mbp/s for HD. I think for a Multicast channel 10 Mbp/s is suggested.

There must be something else wrong if you have 150 MBp/s. I have 70 Mbp/s and can deal with at least four HD channels (two live and two recording).

Richard

Re: BT TV Box taking all my internet

NigelB72 — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 18:34:26 GMT

I have a Pro Box and Netflix is 4K only takes up around 30mpbs so something else much be eating your bandwidth.

Re: BT TV Box taking all my internet

Anonymous — Sat, 06 Aug 2022 08:47:00 GMT

A Netflix 4K HDR stream maxes out at 15.25Mbps on any device.

Last year Sky Q boxes were known to flood a home network with packets due to a fault that needed to be fixed, but it only affected those who also had Sky broadband and used the Q mesh.

Might be something more like that type of issue perhaps?

Re: BT TV Box taking all my internet

TimCurtis — Sat, 06 Aug 2022 09:00:41 GMT

@JoshuaG124

How is the box connected to the router?

Re: BT TV Box taking all my internet

scharter — Sat, 06 Aug 2022 11:50:20 GMT

@JoshuaG124 Have you checked what devices are using your broadband?

http://bthomehub.home/home.htm

Maybe there's something untoward using it?