[masraum]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

After talking to comcast she proudly announced our bill will be reduced and that we're switching to wifi, whatever that is.

Wifi is wifi. The main difference between wifi when it's on a scale bigger than a house is the antenna and signal broadcast strengths. Satellite is basically the same as wifi too except that wifi is usually omnidirectional while satellite uses a very directional broadcast and reception.

Where I live (very rural) wifi is an option for a lot of folks. You basically need line of site to the antenna and then you can use wifi.

Originally Posted by cstreit

She’s probably getting you 5G internet. Report back?

I'm using T-mobile cell for Internet (for the past year). In the beginning, I used a T-mobile hotspot device, but it wasn't adequate for my needs, so I bought a more commercial piece of hardware. I stream Netflix and Amazon and Acornonline, and it usually works fine. Occasionally, I'll have the picture res drop for a few secs, but then it goes back to normal.

The only problem is that I've got a 100GB/mo contract. I can work from home (1 - 1.5GB per day), and stream, but I have to limit my streaming or I would blow out the 100GB per month. A lot of what we watch is movies or shows that I've either downloaded or bought and ripped and stream from a NAS to the TV. I also use my phone (unlimited Internet) for some surfing.