Internet/Amazon TV question

mardatha

First how do I find out what speed my internet is?
Secondly how does Amazon TV work, is that internet, or a dish ior aerial? We are having awful probs with ITVHub and Ch5 etc on the laptop - freezes and restarts or just won't work at all and husband is getting sick of it.
And thirdly do you not need a licence for it?
TY!

grumpycrab

BT line? Use
http://speedtest.btwholesale.com
Click yes; want more info? Click "Further diagnostics", enter landline number, cross your fingers. Tell us the results. Or lots of other speed tests around.

Amazon TV is internet based but LOTS of ways of getting it (starting with an internet connection...).

dobymicks

Hi

To find your internet speed go to http://beta.speedtest.net/ click test and this will give you your connection speed.

Amazon TV is streamed over the internet, it connects to your wireless network.

You do not need a licence to use amazon TV

mardatha

Ok thank you both. It says:
Download 6.87 mbps
Upload 0,36 mbps
Ping 44 ms.
All Chinese to me but what does it mean? Would Amazon work for us? We are very rural.

grumpycrab

Should work ok especially if you use a hardwired connection to your player.

mardatha

Sorry, can you explain that? I know I sound thick lol but know nothing about al this stuff, it's very complicated and I think you lot are amazing x
You mean don't use the wireless router?

JJ_Egan

Probably your current problems are wifi is poor wrong channels etc .
Use Ethernet from router to PC/ Laptop for speed test and try your ITV hub etc .

mardatha

Telling the hubby all this, it's his problem lol - thank you!

Gers

mardatha wrote: »

Ok thank you both. It says:
Download 6.87 mbps
Upload 0,36 mbps
Ping 44 ms.
All Chinese to me but what does it mean? Would Amazon work for us? We are very rural.

I'm in a very rural area with speeds much less than you have and the Fire TV works well. It's a gadget which you plug into the TV and it streams via your broadband network.

It won't stream live terrestrial TV stations but can access BBC iPlayer etc. Click on the link for detailed info on it.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01ETRIFOW/ref=asc_df_B01ETRIFOW48452792/?!!!!!googshopuk-21&creative=22110&creativeASIN=B01ETRIFOW&linkCode=df0&hvadid=205236640281&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16830437578009765063&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007345&hvtargid=pla-335245349918

mardatha

Relaying all this to hubby, thanks Gers x

DoaM

And regarding the licence question ... yes, you do need a TV licence to watch BBC content via Iplayer - even catch up.