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Friday, January 21st, 2022 9:23 PM

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'When the network is heavily congested' message

I've been receiving this message consistently in the evenings for the past 2 weeks.  Watching sports is like watching robots.  I get the spinning wheel of death and that message - programs stop, or become too blurry.  Anyone?

ACE - Expert

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6.2K Messages

3 years ago

What device?

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3 years ago

On my Samsung TV

ACE - Expert

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3 years ago

I knew it before you posted it.  For some reason, the Samsung TV client seems to have the worst time with that. 

ACE - Expert

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3 years ago

Like all the other 100's of posts - get an external streaming device. There is no fix!

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3 years ago

Okie dokie.  So I have Firestick for the Samsung (stupid question alert:  isn't that an external streaming device?) and the Toshiba is a smart TV.  This issue happens on both

ACE - Sage

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46.1K Messages

3 years ago

Are you using the Samsung's DirecTV Stream App, or the Firestick App connected to your Samsung TV?  There is no native DirecTV Stream App for the Toshiba TV.

If you're seeing this on the FireStick, then check your internet connection.  What sort of internet service do you have? Download speed?

Community Support

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254.4K Messages

3 years ago

Hi @margoritah, here to help!

This is not the experience we want you to have. We have sent you a direct message to get things working, please meet us there so we can get started.

Carlos, DIRECTV Community Specialist

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