Well, I've been using Proton IPTV for a few months now. I was tired of EpicStreams always having problems and was complaining to a co-worker about it. He told me he had a friend who knew someone who sold Ghostware boxes and put in in touch with him. I guess I knew a guy who knew a guy who knew a guy. I'm cool.

Anyway, long story short, a few degrees of separation later the Ghostware box guy returned my text and told me there is one and only one IPTV service he has used for the past 5 years and will ever use. He said it was the most stable he had ever come across and he knew of a lot of them. But, he couldn't put me in touch with the guy who operates it, he would only put me in touch with a reseller. They keep a very low profile and don't even have a website. Everything is done by word of mouth and this has kept them out of the spotlight and safe from the plagues that some of the well known providers face (I assumed he was talking about legal battles but looking back I think he meant lag and stability issues).

I was intrigued. I contacted the reseller... Proton Television ( proton.television@gmail.com ). I had a response within 10 minutes. He set me up with a free trial. Instantly I was blown away and 3 hours into the trial I signed up for a month. The Ghostware guy told me to do myself a favor and just sign up for a year but I'm cautious about that and I wasn't going to blindly follow some guy who sells Android boxes just because he said so.

Anyway...I signed up 2 connections for a year as soon as that month expired and I haven't looked back.

So the review...

Stability: 10/10. Never have had an issue at all. There are hiccups like any streaming service, but the guy who runs the servers makes it his life's mission to only offer stable channels. If it's not 100% stable, he will not put it up. Aside from a small issue during the transition from prelims to the main card last night for the McGregor fight which was rectified within 10 minutes, the most extreme peak traffic I can imagine went off without a hitch, no buffering, no lagging, no problems, it was like I'd ordered the event in 1080p through a cable company.

Channel Selection: 8.5/10. Most of the important stuff is here. If it's not, there's a reason for it and they're working on finding a way to find a stable source for it. I've seen a ton of channels added in the few months I've been with them. I've seen some channels removed because they were unreliable and then readded and they worked perfectly. I don't need to talk about sports packages and all that, they're all there like most providers, but on Sundays you would expect some issues with it being football day. No buffering, no lagging, everything is there, picture clarity is great, it's just beautiful. Tons of Canadian, USA, UK channels, a few international channels, tons of VOD content .. All the latest movies, including some still in theatres.

EPG: 10/10. Hands down, the most complete, accurate, cleanest EPG there is. All other IPTV providers should strive to have something even close to this. Nothing touches it. Not exaggerating. It's near flawless.

Speed: 10/10. Select channel, channel begins playing faster than my old cable provider. Nearly instant.

Picture Quality: 8.5/10. Most everything is HD but there are a few Canadian channels that are SD (eg Sportsnet Ontario) but Sportsnet East shows the exact same thing and is fully HD. I use a 65" 4k Samsung TV that can be very unforgiving if it isn't a high quality picture. For example, my last IPTV provider had terrible streams and the picture looked horribly pixelated even though they were boasting about HD streams. Not so with Proton. Crystal clear, unless it's SD and then it's clearly marked SD and usually has an HD counterpart. For example, most sports games have both an HD and SD stream, I suppose in case you have a slower internet speed or if the HD stream is unstable, which it never is. No complaints here at all.

Pricing is very reasonable. Not sure if they would approve of me posting it publicly or not so I won't, but it is not unreasonable at all and right on par with most other services I've seen. Considering the insane stability, they could ask for more but don't.

Customer Service: 15/10. Fast responses, friendly, patient, communicative... Honestly feel a loyalty to them because if this alone.

Overall: 9.9/10. Will not ever use another provider but then unless they ever shut down. They have ruined all other providers for me.

I really can't say enough about them. I have no idea how so few people know about them, other than that they've purposely stayed on the down low.

I hope I don't sound like a salesman here. I suggested to him that he try to tap into Reddit to gain some more subscribers. He agreed and did, and word seems to be spreading about them... But I know they don't want to get too big or too popular and have to deal with those "big fish" issues like Vaders and others deal with.

Anyway, for that reason I wanted to shine a spotlight on them because I feel they deserve it. Check them out. As far as I know the only way to contact them is through email or on Reddit now (/u/ProtonTelevision).

Hope this review was detailed and informative enough. I don't recommend anything I don't completely stand behind and I recommend these guys with 100% confidence.