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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EndlessMac" data-source="post: 1034047" data-attributes="member: 140470">I know that you said you can't get a faster internet speed but that is really slow especially for the streaming requirements nowadays. I also have Netflix and one of the nice thing about Netflix is that it automatically detects the speed of your internet meaning that it will adjust the quality of the video based on how fast your internet is. This is most likely why your streaming videos on Netflix doesn't have buffering issues. Other websites don't really allow you to chose the quality of your videos so if they assume most people have a fast internet connection then they will stream a high quality video which means people like you who have slower internet connections will have buffering issues. At your speeds even buffering for 20 minutes won't download enough of the video to make it run smoothly for that long as you have noticed.The biggest downside of Netflix's auto speed detection is that it doesn't allow me to choose a lower quality for the times when I use my internet for other purposes at the same time. Netflix just hogs up all my bandwidth because it always wants to give me the best quality video.Other than getting a faster internet connection, I think your only other solution is to ask Netflix to get more video selections or contact those sites you are having problems with to offer a low quality version.</blockquote>