OK2 down?

[dishuser]

Not using 2 bud, using 3 with mo vpn-no issues.

so you're on a different server than what this thread is about

[Costactc]

yes.......................

[Emporium]

But even with IPvanish, it will depend from one vpn server to another. Some will clearly throttle any streaming and/or p2p stuff, and some may even be overloaded. You will need to try a different server.

With Windscribe, the first 2 servers I tried were constantly buffering. Then I tried 2 others and they worked perfectly.

[dishuser]

But even with IPvanish, it will depend from one vpn server to another. Some will clearly throttle any streaming and/or p2p stuff, and some may even be overloaded. You will need to try a different server.

With Windscribe, the first 2 servers I tried were constantly buffering. Then I tried 2 others and they worked perfectly.

really?
so I can pick a different server?

[IptvPwn]

Quite a few channels are down and black screen and the ones that are online buffer

[dishuser]

Quite a few channels are down and black screen and the ones that are online buffer

been watching the game on tsn 4 with not one freeze
quite a few is really detailed

[IptvPwn]

been watching the game on tsn 4 with not one freeze
quite a few is really detailed

tnt, ctv news, oln, discovery us and can, cnbc, tru tv, gsn, bc1, CBS and abc west are blackscreen to just name a few

[dishuser]

tnt, ctv news, oln, discovery us and can, cnbc, tru tv, gsn, bc1, CBS and abc west are blackscreen to just name a few

all working fine this morning

[dickhank]

Using IP Vanish nothing would work using "Wireguard" went into settings set VPN Protocol to "Open Vpn" Then protocol to "Open VPN (TCP) and now all is fine.

[Ryu]

if you are blocked you can try an alternate DNS as 1.1.1.1 (cloudFlare), 8.8.8.8 (google), or open DNS...etc might help

[GSATV]

Anyone able to provide some insight as to where we might stand with this issue? As it is right now, the bulk of my users are still getting black screens across everything. Doesn't matter if they do a power cycle and unplug everthing for a few hours or not.. At this point, I'm just not quite sure what I should be telling them. Are we expecting things to calm down and become stable again once the World Cup is over? My "guy" recommended we move everyone to ok3, which is not something I'm alright with unfortunately.

Cheers!

[crazy carl]

Anyone able to provide some insight as to where we might stand with this issue? As it is right now, the bulk of my users are still getting black screens across everything. Doesn't matter if they do a power cycle and unplug everthing for a few hours or not.. At this point, I'm just not quite sure what I should be telling them. Are we expecting things to calm down and become stable again once the World Cup is over? My "guy" recommended we move everyone to ok3, which is not something I'm alright with unfortunately.

Cheers!

This is likely an issue with your user's not using a VPN, M3u and XC's are just broken down into individual M3u lines which all have their own IP address, if those address are being blocked by an ISP then a VPN would be the solution.

[GSATV]

This is likely an issue with your user's not using a VPN, M3u and XC's are just broken down into individual M3u lines which all have their own IP address, if those address are being blocked by an ISP then a VPN would be the solution.

I think I can count on one hand the amount of users 8 have setup with an m3u/xc tbh.

So I just want to clear this one up; are you saying that the ok2 guys are now saying to use vpn with the service? Cause I experimented with this q bit, I deployed a few of my own Von's, those sort of worked while using express and ipvanish, multiple servers for both really didn't solve anything for me at all..

I'm just wondering, where the guys stand with this particular issue (ok2 guys) and if they're thinking this has to do with the world Cup or what not.

As for the whole ISP being the issue, I'm not really buying that one at this time. I've got folks spread across the country, some on Shaw, some on Rogers and Cogeco and others in smaller local providers. Most, if not all that I have heard from in the last week or so have all been dealing with the same issue.. power cycles, even up to 24 hours on length don't seem to help either.

hero, any chance if you see this you could chime in brother?

Thanks fellas!

[Gbox23]

I have hundreds of clients on ok2. Almost 75% if not more have had this issue (all over the place with isp providers), guaranteed black out from 5am or whatever the time is when the first game starts to last match late afternoon. At first service would come on shortly after. Forward a week and well... half or more sporadically would or wouldn't get service.
They don't want to change service, as they are used to ok2 lists, so I set them up with vpn, everything runs perfect for them. Not a single one has complained since, well, for this.. hahaha. User error is another thread ;-)

I'm assuming if fifa got the ok to do this, Nhl nfl etc will surely follow as a precedent has been set in this country and many others.

This is just my experience with this problem, I'm not saying for you to do it, but what I've done has worked, so, in my opinion and to answer the question, yes, use a decent vpn.

[GSATV]

I have hundreds of clients on ok2. Almost 75% if not more have had this issue (all over the place with isp providers), guaranteed black out from 5am or whatever the time is when the first game starts to last match late afternoon. At first service would come on shortly after. Forward a week and well... half or more sporadically would or wouldn't get service.
They don't want to change service, as they are used to ok2 lists, so I set them up with vpn, everything runs perfect for them. Not a single one has complained since, well, for this.. hahaha. User error is another thread ;-)

I'm assuming if fifa got the ok to do this, Nhl nfl etc will surely follow as a precedent has been set in this country and many others.

This is just my experience with this problem, I'm not saying for you to do it, but what I've done has worked, so, in my opinion and to answer the question, yes, use a decent vpn.

Hey, thanks for replying. Any chance you'd mind sharing which vpn you set them up with? You could DM me, if you'd like. Maybe best to not air that one in public, I'm not sure, simply because I don't understand the issue...

I feel as though it's a difficult situation to try and understand, only because there's so much misinformation floating around out there... My provider for instance; their either telling me that "yes, we know there's an issue. it's been reported and we're waiting for a tech to take care of it" or "ok2 is done for if I had to guess. Best we switch to something else".

I, much like yourself, really don't want to have to move everyone. Mostly because the one's I have on ok2 are for the most part, getting up there in age and/or not technically inclined and they're just not wanting to change services. I guess they got comfy with the ok2 lineup...

If I can find a VPN that tests properly, I will look into to somehow providing them with that. Or better yet, if I can verify that running a vpn is 100% the way to go, and these silly outages are no longer to be seen using it, then I'll order a decent server at ovh and setup a vpn for everyone to use.. of course, I'd rather not go that route but I feel that not doing anything or just waiting is going to cost me a huge chunk of my user base, which it already has...