The first thing to do is double-check the preferences\Encoding and make sure they are not set to constrain the bandwidth Manually. I have the Encoding option set to Automatically using 'High Action' and mine regularly runs up to 3,000 Kbps when I'm at home and close to 1,000 Kbps when I'm remote.

Thanks.

tico said: It is definitely the Mac Slingplayer software which is causing the slow streaming. On my MackBook I used Boot Camp to install Windows XP. If I run Slingplayer under Mac OS X it streams at 250kbps (on average). If I run Slingplayer under Windows XP it streams at 450+kpbs (on average). This shows that using the same machine, same network, same everything.... the Windows version of Slingplayer is MUCH faster than the one for Mac. Any reason?????

 I've been seeing the same issue as well.  But after quite a bit of experimentation, I think the issue lies with Mac OS X.  The thing is I see the same issue (relatively slow/widely fluctuating stream rates) on both ethernet and 802.11n on my 2.4 GHz, 4GB RAM MBP, but I get the same issue when running WinXP and Slingplayer 1.5 for Windows under Fusion (network set to bridge).  This leads me to believe that the issue exist whenever the stream passes through Mac OS X (Leopard btw).

It's just annoying when my 5 year old notebook with 256MB of RAM and a 1.13 Pentium 3 can stream consistently in the 600kbps range while my 1 year old Macbook Pro can only pull in a stream varying in the range of 100 to 300 range and occasionally running into choppy stretches.