Re: Streaming to watch our games?

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I cut the cord and I’m doing something very similar.

Aug 14, 2021, 5:00 AM

I bought a Mofi4500 4G wifi hotspot modem/router for $299 and get unlimited data through Visible for $40/month (taxes and fees included).

Visible was started by some executives from Verizon. They buy data from Verizon in bulk and resell it.

I also switched my cell service from Verizon to visible. I get unlimited data, text, and cell service for $40/month (taxes and fees included).

That’s $80/month for unlimited cell service and unlimited Internet.

You can get five Sim cards from Visible for $100/month. That’s like cell service for a family of 4 plus unlimited Internet for only $100.

I get my live TV and sports through YahooTV and I have Hulu Plus and I’ve been an Amazon Prime subscriber for years.

Actually, these days about the only sports I watch are Clemson. I’ve had enough of these greedy selfish woke athletes. But I am looking forward to watching Trevor Lawrence this season.

If I could subscribe to ESPN during football season without having to go through Hulu or YouTube I would. I rarely watch live TV outside of Clemson sports.

At first I tried Hulu but their live TV service does not work with a hotspot. They don’t allow hotspot streaming. So I switched to YahooTV.

Within the next year or two, however, a better alternative to wifi hotspots might be Elon Musk’s Starlink.

So that’s my solution. Would be interesting to know what other people are doing.

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Anywhere from 5 to 25MB/s which is slow compared to cable, but I often have something streaming on my TV, working on my laptop, and doing something on my phone at the same time.

The problem is certain times of day when cell towers get overwhelmed. Sometimes it’s really fast sometimes it slow.

I haven’t had a chance to play with it too much but I need to test some different cell towers and different channels. Most cell towers transmit on multiple channels so you need to play with it over a period of time testing different towers and different channels do you get the right combination.

I also have not connected an external antenna yet. I think that will greatly enhance performance.

For the most part it works really good. Even my Comcast high speed Internet had periods where it would be very slow or sometimes stop. That was another reason I got rid of it. Paying that much money for something that should be nearly 100% reliable and super fast. But it wasn’t.

It certainly isn’t fast, but I don’t really have problems streaming on multiple devices. And when you consider how much money I’m saving and the fact that it’s portable it’s hard to complain.

I’m planning to put up an external antenna and dial in the settings better before football season starts.

Streaming to watch our games?

I cut the cord and I’m doing something very similar.

Re: I cut the cord and I’m doing something very similar.

Re: I cut the cord and I’m doing something very similar.