Paramount Plus Live Has Never Worked

gramps28 wrote:

The original version of the Paramount +plan for $4.99 had live TV included then they changed the plans and it only came with the $9.99 plan which is why the Tmobile version does not have live TV since it was offered after the change.

I believe the original poster is simply referring to the live CBS NFL games streamed on Sunday which is included with the base $4.99 plan (there are some other minimal live offerings with the base plan also - just not live prime time shows).

However, I've found Paramount+ to be the most unreliable streaming service I use on both TMO and my backup, Visible. Paramount+ yields the most buffering, freezing, and audio sync problems when connection speeds are sporadic. Their adaptive streaming simply  isn't on a par with YouTube TV or even Apple TV+ - even Apple TV+ doesn't measure up to YTTV in my experience. I stream though either my laptop or Samsung phone (S21 with HDMI over USB-C) to my TV - simply works better than the Smart TV app in my case and avoids location issues since it relies on GPS location (Firefox has a GPS location  add-on that works for my laptop despite it not having actual GPS) not faulty/inaccurate IP based geolocation database services..

YTTV was so reliable during my free trial (on both TMO and Visible) that I dropped DISH once TMO offered that $10 discount per month for a year.

P.S. For Paramount+ shows that I’m interested in, I use PlayOn Cloud to record them in the cloud and then download them to watch at my leisure offline - I’ve still got a ton of Playon Cloud recording credits from my satellite internet days which covers the handful of Taylor Sheridan Paramount+ content I watch.