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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Madison, WI, USA
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When you look at cell phone plans, unlimited may not be unlimited. You need to read the fine print. Some with slow your speed down after a certain limit. Here is an article that explains more: https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/31/2...thering-limits
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05-07-21, 01:19 PM | ||
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Texas
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05-11-21, 05:28 PM | ||
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Texas
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05-12-21, 10:07 AM | |
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Kansas
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Something to keep in mind is if you work remotely using a VPN to access your company network it won't work well if you have to hotspot. Anyway that has been my experience. VPN's don't like any packet loss which you will sometimes get with hotspotting (aka small interruptions in data transmission).
I was finally able to get AT&T Fixed Wireless Internet (uses an outside antenna + inside router) and it's been heaven. |
05-12-21, 10:33 AM | |
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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We live in the sticks and have had Hughes.net for years. Streaming doesn't go very well. It stops and starts or just doesn't even load.
I usually download any workouts or movies, put them on my iPad/iPhone and then hook that device up to my TV. I am able to stream fairly well on my iPhone (AT&T) or my iPad (Verizon). But even that can be problematic sometimes...
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05-12-21, 11:22 AM | ||
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Texas
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05-12-21, 03:01 PM | |
Join Date: Dec 2006
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OK, so I went with T-Mobile's Gateway, which is an internet device. I don't know what to call it, maybe modem/router thingy.
It's about the size of a liter of coffee beans, a brushed-silver canister. It took about five minutes to set it up, and I've had no trouble with it, since then. It streams movies just fine. I've been using it to stream spotify almost non-stop since Saturday (It took them less than two days to get the device to me). It beats Exede/Viasat hands down, and only 50$ a month, as opposed to the $110 I had been paying. So now my phone bill and my internet are still less than my former internet bill had been. I do have to send some components back to Exede, which means I have to climb up on the roof with a wrench. Wish me luck. Anyway, this is better than a hotspot and better than satellite internet. |
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hughes.net, internet provider, internet speed |
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