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GDT #39 Capitals at Islanders @ 7:00pm
HoustonCapsFan:
There is always NHL.tv. $25/mo.
richkrt99:
And its not like I'm WAY out there. I'm in Fauquier County and we are WAY behind the techno curve.
I am literally 12 minutes from town, but there is nothing available right where I am. I have 4g wireless (verizon) but not a great signal. It's "unlimited" but there is a 10GB limit on hotspotting the phones. We have 5 (phones) in my family and burn them all up (well I don't, but 3 teenagers do streaming netflix and such)
My previous house in Fauquier was in more of a neighborhood and we had cable (Comcast) so it was great.
I DO have a gun range in my yard where I'm at now though :)
BarfingMonkey:
If you're on android, you can use an app called pdanet, install on the phone and the computer. It will "hide" your hotspot usage, it makes it think you're on your phone and not tethering to a computer. I believe there is free trial version. When my internet goes out, I've used that, once for an entire month. No extra costs on my phone bill. I was running the entire home network off of the phone connection.
richkrt99:
--- Quote from: BarfingMonkey on Tuesday April 06, 2021, 03:53:55 PM Eastern ---I just got Tmobile's internet 5g service, it's pretty good. And from what I've read in the forums, it occasionally works out in the boonies. Line of site, or at least pointing the unit towards the cell towers. No contracts, unlimited data, totally wireless, crazy speeds where I'm at. Just ran a speedtest, uploads are a lot faster, normally in the 50s. 60 bucks a month.
look up cellmapper.net, see how close a cell tower is to you.
Ping 20, DOWNLOAD Mbps 280.39, UPLOAD Mbps 3.66
Let's GO CAPS! Should be a good game!
--- End quote ---
I think line of site is a problem. I'm literally in the woods. Dish only works cause its on the roof and cleared yard around house has enough space to angle above the trees.
richkrt99:
--- Quote from: BarfingMonkey on Tuesday April 06, 2021, 03:53:55 PM Eastern ---I just got Tmobile's internet 5g service, it's pretty good. And from what I've read in the forums, it occasionally works out in the boonies. Line of site, or at least pointing the unit towards the cell towers. No contracts, unlimited data, totally wireless, crazy speeds where I'm at. Just ran a speedtest, uploads are a lot faster, normally in the 50s. 60 bucks a month.
look up cellmapper.net, see how close a cell tower is to you.
Ping 20, DOWNLOAD Mbps 280.39, UPLOAD Mbps 3.66
Let's GO CAPS! Should be a good game!
--- End quote ---
Tmobile interactive map shows "limited signal strength" for 5g in my area and "fair signal strength" for 4gLTE when you switch off the 5g filter
I have verizon (4g iPhones) and a cellular hotspot and never have trouble with phone calls, but it's not a great signal
When push comes to shove I can watch live stream at work on my PC, with comcast business cable internet, but I spend way to much time at the office as it is.
Actually I could probably look into a regional sports cable access for the tv (which is never even turned on), but I just have the very basic TV cable package on the work service now because it's bundled with the business cable and phones
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