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Looking for some local cord-cutting help.
I'm currently with xfinity and with bein sport gone, and motogp and championship soccer only available by stream I'm finding less and less need for cable.
I watch mostly Amazon prime TV and Netflix. The only thing I use cable for is jeopardy and wheel of fortune (kids love them) and local news. I have zero need for the house phone number.
My questions are like this:
What speed do I really need? Nobody in the house online games. We use our phones on wifi and stream TV and maybe the kids stream YouTube at the same time.
By my calculations, the fios $39.99 a month 300Mbit deal should be fine, right?
I'd like to buy my own router. Is that all I need? Any recommendations?
Finally, I assume I can get over-the-air TV if I wanted to keep my jeopardy and wheel of fortune and local news?
Any and all advice appreciated.
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Other people have different setups, but this is what I use and it works for me.
100 meg internet through Cox $65 a month. Your $40 per month for 300 is a wet dream for me.
$40 per month for YoutubeTV - not the best channel lineup, has FS1 and FS2, ESPN, ESPN2, NBC Sports, Golf Channel, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, but lacks things like Velocity and HGTV.
Amazon Prime and Netflix
Plex for any media I can't find on those sources. This is typically how I watch MotoGP races. Stream from PC to whatever TV.
I have an over the air antenna, but don't use it anymore since YoutubeTV has the local network channels.
100Mb, not 300Mb
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Either way, you'll be absolutely fine with that speed. I used to do a bunch of online gaming and had no problems with lag.
Online gaming uses nothing for bandwidth. Most use well under a meg.
That being said, expect 4-8Mb/s per active streaming device for high def video, more if you are attempting 4k. Even with 100Mb, you are golden with 4 people in the house. Don't pay for more than you need. Just demand you get what you pay for.
tvfool.com will tell you if you can get the local channels you want, depending on location/antenna/etc. We don't have your address, so we can't tell you what channels you can expect to get in.
If your house isn't large, then any mainstream AC WiFi router will work fine, provided it is centrally located. Don't drop huge coin, it's almost always a gimmick. If it looks like a spaceship, it's a gimmick.
That being said, if your house is a bit larger, or you can't centrally locate the router, the Google Mesh system is easy to use and works decent. Other brands have come out with mesh systems as well, but I don't have any personal experience with them, so I can't recommend any in particular.
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Anyone looked into hulu live. similar to youtube tv?
i went from the comcast/xfinity bundle (phone/internet/cable tv)...to just xfinity blast internet 200mbps...installed a hd antenna in the attic for cbs/nbc/fox for news and nfl games, netgear nighthawk ac1900 router, sb6190 modem...have amazon firestick with a netflix subscription and a playstation vue subscription (the ps vue core package i have has espn and nfl network for the rest of the nfl games)...use kodi for movies sometimes if i feel like dealing with the aggravation of finding a good feed
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Cutting the cord....
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I cut the cord on my Xfinity cable TV a few weeks back. Yesterday, I wanted to watch something on TV so I tried to go ahead and sign up for YouTube live. Not freaking available in my area! Signed up for fubo tv at 40/month, not impressed with that either (No nbc feed).
The main reason I care is bruins games, so Nesn. Haven’t tried hd antennas, for local stations; I live at the base of a mountain/cliff and even cell phone or tower based internet sucks here
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I got an 8 bay digital antenna with amp for like $100 got 42 channels no rotor all major local networks
I do fear lack of net neutrality as I am sure xfinity will be throttling streaming service
But if I am gone for a year I might get the introductory rate here
They have a monopoly up here so even just data is $80/ month
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100mbps is arguably more than most people need. Should be good. If you do a lot of uploading of large content, like uploading videos or lots of pictures you may care a little more about upload speeds. But otherwise most packages usually have 'enough'.
Mostly agreed, with the exception of the downloads themselves which are becoming increasingly huge. Playing the game typically uses very little bandwidth, but if the kids are frequently downloading different games, or massive accessory packs/downloadable extras that might be a factor.
Lag is more about ping than download speed. Common misconception. Secondary factor is performance bottlenecks on the computer.
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FulboTV (BeIn included) just updated service and interface is much better.
Works great, highly recommend Fun I TV, just killed my Playstation Vue.
I went FIOS internet, Direct TV NOW for TV (for the free Apple TV), and Netgear Orbi for my router. The ORBI is a mesh network with a dedicated backhaul channel so speeds will remain high on your satellite nodes. You will be able to cover your entire house and garage with the Orbi.
Get an HD tuner for local stuff if you don't care about the cable programming.
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If you have FIOS do the install, make sure they run/activate RJ45 on the ONT... This is very important otherwise you will be tied to their garbage router. After that, setting up your own router is trivial
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I got my own router and modem on Prime Day. It was under $100 total. After 2 years with Comcast, it cost me over $200 in rental fees just for the hardware.
I live alone and I went with 300mbs, I use my mobile phone for wi-fi and it's either the TV (with an unlocked FireTV) or PC gaming; rarely if ever both at the same time.
I read Consumer Reports and picked the highest rated digital antenna (if you don't live near a city it's best to get an amplified one) so I can get basic channels.
My monthly bill was over $180 and then I canceled HBO and Starz and it only went to $160 and I said fuck this. I don't really watch cable unless it's hockey or some World Endurance Race.
What do you "need" to support what you have described?? You stated 300Mbit (Mbps) which is roughly 37.5 MBps; megagbits vs megabytes. Either way, you are covered for the usage you have described. I have > 35 internet connected devices in my home running over a 50MBps connection (FiOS); 4 iPads streaming, TV's steaming, XBox, Thermostats, Lights, etc. (we have no cable; have not for many years). Many times your real bottleneck at home is your networking equipment; wireless/wired router. Most consumer (not prosumer) grade wireless routers suck; period. Anyway, you should be good.
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Saw an add for Frontier they say they now can get 18 mps and 150 channels for $75
I was wondering but the dreaded up to 18
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Take a look at the left side of my screen and take a look at the chat box on the right.
Goodbye comcast. Hello FIOS.
So, any recommendations on routers? Not sure I wanna spend 300 for the Orbi
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Take this with a grain of salt, I'm no networking/IT/computer guru, but it looks like you have similar needs to what I'm doing. Anyway, I had an older Verizon combo router laying around, this red/black one Google Image Result for https://vrzn.i.lithium.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/16536i0570E66544C5D6CE?v=1.0 , and after a little googling it seems like it has a pretty good reputation among the IT nerds out there? So, I'm using that as a wired access point only, it's located in our family room and serves the TV, 1st gen Fire TV (which has an ethernet input on the back), BluRay player. The last LAN line off the Verizon combo doohickey I run to the center of my house and plug it into a Google Wifi router for our wireless signal. This provides wireless connectivity for our laptops, phones, printer, other handheld junk and our TV and Firestick in the bedroom. I have almost zero complaints, another Google Wifi router on the 2nd floor and in the basement would be pimp, but, c'est la vie.
Edit: And I'm doing that same $39 Verizon deal, totally adequate for our demands which seem on par with what you're describing.
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