TV. Note this is not saying you have to stick with an ethernet connection- this is just putting your wifi bandwidth to the test by eliminating that variable.TV, varying demands on your wifi signal (by others in your house or neighbors who have the password, etc), etc. Wifi bandwidth is capped, so 5 people all making demands of it at times can yield your experience. One friendly share of your wifi password with a neighbor can be paid forward with everyone living in the adjoining home(s), dynamically sucking up wifi bandwidth without you even thinking about them doing that (and they may not even realize they are using your wifi either). Easy solution here: change your wifi password. That cuts off everyone who might be eating up a slice of your wifi bandwidth. TV, put it in the same place using the same cables and same wifi, and play the same movies/shows at the same time. Does it also show these problems?The task here is to narrow down the issue. Lots of good ideas in post #2.
Hook up via ethernet for an evening and play the same movies/shows. Does the problem occur? If not, then there's nothing for the landlord to do, the issue is either wifi or
If the problem also happens a few times with the ethernet connection too, then there may be something for the landlord to potentially address. Use a computer and Speedtest to repeatedly test & verify that you have a stable connection. Perhaps 150MB is marketing hype at theoretical peak speed and reality is something else. However, even relatively slow broadband will be fast enough for stable video streaming. So 150MB or 25MB is basically the same for these particular purposes.
Your symptoms sound like the bandwidth is unstable (bouncing on & off). But there's all kinds of possibilities: router,
If it's community wifi (provided by the landlord), I'd start thinking that last scenario is very likely. A hotel might have fiber optic or GB broadband coming in, but when shared with lots of occupants, the wifi speed can slow down to pitiful speeds. The hotel can claim (even think) they have very robust broadband because they think about the speed sold to them. But they then are slicing it up and sharing it with dozens or hundreds of guests.
So it's still a matter of applying process of elimination.
If you happen to have another
The task here is always trying to isolate a single variable and then test it. If you can rule it out, move on to the next until you figure out the issue.
TV. If it's too far, can you either move your router closer to the TV or move the TV and screen closer to the router. In other words, you need to execute tests to narrow down the source of the problem. This one is a biggie as it can help you determine if the problem is within your control or if you can toss the ball to the landlord.TV is too far from the router for an ethernet cable might actually identify your problem. WIFI's reach is not unlimited. If TV is very far from it, you might be out at the fringe of it's reach... or maybe there's signal disturbing items between them? You need to get them closer together for testing purposes. And if you are going to have to lean on wifi going forward, you need to work on a way to bring the source of the signal closer to your TV anyway. If you don't control the location of the router, explore a signal extender device positioned much closer to the TV.TV too. Then compare results with Mac results. Move various distances from the router with the Mac to see if speeds are dramatically falling off as you move closer to the TV.For streaming video 40MB will be as good as 150MB. All that extra speed doesn't really matter for this purpose.
The drop to 40MB is something to explore. Is it really "usual" for it to be 150MB? Have you seen that in SpeedTest? Or was the speed pitched but not verified? If the latter, you can get after the cable company. They may have not actually given you want you expect. Or maybe you need something else to get that speed (a different modem)?
SpeedTest it in the wee hours, and again in the morning, and again mid-day, early afternoon, later afternoon, evening. See if it follows a predictable pattern of being slow at some parts of the day and faster at others. Does it ever hit 150MB? Does it ever dip much lower than 40MB?
If the 2.4ghz experiment resolves the problem, great. But if not, I'd be executing the ethernet test to pin the problem down to the wifi or
Writing that the
One more thing: download Soeedtest for
