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Old 09-16-2025, 05:32 PM
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Is there another ABC Affiliate?.
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Did you try moving the antenna?
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How are you getting the signal, Comcast has a LOT of buffering issues across a few stations, ION is the worst.
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How are you getting the signal, Comcast has a LOT of buffering issues across a few stations, ION is the worst.
Yup, Comcast, you guessed it Tinker.
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Don’t have a problem with ABC WFTV using Spectrum.
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Yup, Comcast, you guessed it Tinker.
Antenna ABC channel 9 sometimes has issues but is ok now, strange.
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Over the past couple of days, we have seen a fair amount of buffering with Xfinity. I thought it was just one station but then I did a channel sweep and found it was on all that I tuned into. I checked our internet speed, and it was running around 500mbps so that was not an issue.
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I am experiencing the same buffering issues on Xfinity and it is getting annoying.
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The buffering that sometimes last up to 20 minutes on all the local channels has about reached my patience limit. It seems much worse from about 4 to 7 PM. The cable channels are not effected.

I am considering dumping Comcast/Xfinity and going somewhere else.

Are others experiencing the same issue?
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I'm glad to hear that others are having buffering/freezing issues with X-Finity, as we are too. Hopefully they will address it soon.
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One possible reason for Xfinity having this issue is they might not have enough server capacity because in order to give out all those cheap internet prices they oversell their network meaning they over allocate their shared system which can lead to to buffering at peak times. If you have Spectrum or Quantum fiber or Verizon or T-Mobile fixed wireless services you can explore those options.
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One possible reason for Xfinity having this issue is they might not have enough server capacity because in order to give out all those cheap internet prices they oversell their network meaning they over allocate their shared system which can lead to to buffering at peak times. If you have Spectrum or Quantum fiber or Verizon or T-Mobile fixed wireless services you can explore those options.
As I understand it, if you have the Xfinity cable TV service that is connected by a cable to a cable box, you can watch the channels even if you don't have any in-house Internet service. The channels are delivered to the cable box via COAX cable.

If you have the Xfinity Internet service and cable TV, you can use the Xfinity Stream app via wifi to watch the TV channels. I would be interested to find out if both methods for watching TV have the same buffering issue. If so, it would seem to me that the problem is with the station, not Xfinity.

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Is there another ABC Affiliate?.
Don't know where you live, but consider putting up an antenna. Mine is in the attic, I get all of the networks, plus about 25 others. No buffering.

Oh, and did I mention, that once you buy/put up the antenna it's FREE?!
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Yes, I am experiencing the same in the evenings mostly on cable stations.
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