Edited repost: Avoid Netcast IPTV

by blackshadowed

Tl;Dr was looking for a service and found one with impressive lineup. Service would constantly buffer and support deleted refund request ticket, not honoring 30 days policy.

Came across them while looking for a service for my father. Necast has their channel lineup available on their site without having to sign up, and it showed plenty of our native country's channels. They also boast a huge library of vod content, movies and shows in different languages, all for $13 a connection.

I signed up immediately figuring I could trial them and request a refund under their 30 days policy if it didn't work out. The service did have my dad's channels, though most would buffer or not play at all that night. The English vod content played immediately and without buffer, but the Spanish language movies and series would also buffer or not play. Though I've used my other service at my parents without issue, I gave benefit of a doubt to slower internet speeds and decided to try netcast at home.

At home with shield tv and 400mbps down, it was more of the same. After 2 days of trying to watch Spanish content to make sure it'll fit my father's needs, I called it quits when I tried to watch my American channels. Channels would buffer every minute or so. I was also disappointed because they block m3u4u.com.

I sent a support ticket following their refund request instructions and politely explained why I wanted a refund. I even offered a positive review because of their very impressive large vod library. I had also sent a support ticket asking if they block m3u4u.com a day before, it was still unanswered.

After 24 hours of no response, I checked into my portal and the refund request ticket had been deleted. No records of it anywhere, no response and no refund. They would reply to the m3u ticket a few hours later, with the wrong information.

My netcast iptv sub is still active, but I have removed it from my devices and will not renew when it expires.

ali1936

What a coincidence? I was exactly looking for this review a few minutes ago and you just posted it. Netcast has been showing up in my searches and it seemed attractive. The $10+ price point made me think they would be better. Sorry to hear about your experience!

aeoveu

Can I suggest something? I've had experience (with another provider long ago) - with buffering and all. A VPN fixed it - but it took me a while to figure out which server would work fine. Since I live in Asia, servers in France were working swell - UK servers didn't work well, nor did the US servers. Sometimes, it's the routing of your ISP which is at fault.

But oddly, most other VPN services buffered quite a lot - sometimes, you just have to be lucky. But sometimes, it's the service, itself, at fault.

My point is - you could try testing it via a VPN with different servers (and if you want to investigate a bit more, try connecting to servers/cities where undersea fiber cables exist - or landing points, as they call it).