... and how to fix streaming issues. First of all, streaming emergencies are usually caused by an Internet connectivity glitch or a sub-par connection. Issues on the platform side (Netflix, Twitch, YouTube, Zoom, etc.) are also a possibility, but that's highly improbable.

Streaming problems can happen when:

1. Other apps are hogging the Internet bandwidth. At some point there might not be enough left to send and receive the audio and video network packets needed for smooth streaming.
2. There is high packet loss. Internet connections are dropping network packets, so your streaming video misses parts of the audio or video. This usually happens at the edge of the range on wireless connections like Wi-Fi and cellular.
3. You’re moving while using the Internet – riding on trains and buses for example. That’s because the coverage varies as you travel through hills and tunnels and bridges.
4. You have a slow Internet connection. Some Internet connections just aren’t fast enough to allow high quality video streaming.

Bottom line – in order to address streaming issues, you need better Internet that should be faster, and more reliable.

Step 1: Make sure the streaming problems are not from the platform's side - Twitch, YouTube, Zoom, Google Meet / Classroom, Microsoft Teams, etc. Check their servers status page and/or their Twitter accounts for any news about problems.

Step 2: Check your ISP's status page / social media for any reported outages. And test your Internet speed so you know you're getting what you're paying for.

Step 3: If you want to go ahead and troubleshoot your streaming issues, you can follow this article here. But if you want to address your problems quickly, just use Speedify to unlock all of your available Internet connections on your computer or mobile device at the same time.

Speedify is a connectivity tool and VPN that uses channel bonding technology to allow you to use all of your Internet connections at the same time. Speedify automatically detects audio and video streams. By watching the flow of packets, Speedify can determine:

• how much bandwidth is needed for a specific streaming video, and
• whether or not you're getting the capacity it requires.

Once Speedify has identified the streams, it does several things for them:

1. Maintains Quality of Service (QoS) to make sure they get the connectivity they need versus other services. Speedify prioritizes video streaming traffic over other types of web traffic. Things like web browsing, backups and software updates won’t mess up your calls and live streams.
2. Bonds connections for faster Internet speed. Speedify can split single video streams across multiple available Internet connections. It can send some packets on Wi-Fi, some on cellular and some on a wired Ethernet connection, if available. Speedify also reassembles these packets so the app just sees a faster Internet connection. By moving network packets through all available connections on a computer, smartphone, tablet or other supported device, Speedify can get up to 95% of the speed of the combined connections.
3. Minimizes packet loss using redundancy. If your Internet connections are dropping network packets, then Speedify can detect this. It will start sending the packets redundantly, on all available internet connections at the same time! Speedify only delivers whichever packet gets through first.
   By sending the same data on several connections, and then only delivering whichever copy gets through first, Speedify provides the best reliability of all connections and the lowest latency of any of your connections.
   So, Speedify helps you survive network drop outs, avoid bad latency, and make sure that everything gets through, even in the worst conditions.

How to fix streaming issues? Use Speedify and forget about those! You'll get fast, stable and secure Internet connectivity.