User has 3 connections. They watch on TV. Pause. Watch on phone. Panel counts 2 streams. Unfair. IPTV Reseller Panel —inactive streams shouldn't count. Here's the fix. Your panel should count only actively streaming connections. Paused for 5 minutes? Not counting. User closes app? Stream ends. Not counting. The British IPTV audience pauses content. Makes dinner. Comes back. They shouldn't lose a connection slot. A proper IPTV Reseller Panel distinguishes active vs idle streams. Here's a real example. A reseller's panel counted paused streams as active. Users hit limits constantly. "I paused on my TV to watch on my phone. Now my phone is blocked." The reseller fixed his panel to ignore idle streams. Complaints stopped. His British IPTV users were happy. Another limit feature: stream heartbeat. User's app sends heartbeat every 30 seconds. No heartbeat for 2 minutes? Stream considered dead. Connection slot freed. Your IPTV Reseller Panel implements heartbeats. British IPTV apps that crash or lose network don't consume slots forever. Here's a practical implementation. Your panel tracks last packet time. No packets for 3 minutes? Stream closed. Slot released. The concurrent stream limit is user-facing. Enforce it fairly. Your IPTV Reseller Panel should distinguish active from idle. Not "any connection counts." That's user-hostile. Most panels count all connections. That's lazy. Your British IPTV users deserve fairness. Count active streams only. Your panel should make it accurate.