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To: soozla

You will likely find Internet higher if you are not on cable Internet. My cable requires at least basic cable TV in order to get cable Internet. My telephone company requires basic landline to get DSL Internet.

Those, of course, already add to the cost.

I watch a lot of Netflix/Amazon Prime streaming. My cable company just raised the data load to 1TB per month for all levels, except fiber which is now 2TB. Mobile/DSN/Satellite, etc., cannot even compete with that amount of data. Of course, my cable will probably bump up their Internet fee in a month or two.

The data limits are important if you intend to do a lot of streaming. Some mobile claim unlimited streaming, but read the fine print. Most streaming sources are increasing the quality — hi def and superHD — which increases the data transfer. I can stream a 3 hour sports event via the FoxSports app on my android tablet, and it will eat about 7GB of data allocation.


46 posted on 10/26/2016 8:31:30 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: TomGuy

“You will likely find Internet higher if you are not on cable Internet.”
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That’s the boat I’m in. Comcast charges *more* for internet only. I have basic TV + HBO and 50mbps net connection - $67.00 per month with a paper bill (less w/autocharge).

Just over-the-air digital on bedroom TV as I get *more* channels OTA than cable.

Footnote & FYI for anyone.
Cell phone is 180 minutes per month w/unlimited texts for $9.00 per month at twigby.com. They piggyback on Sprint’s network. I hate talking on the phone so this is a very good deal for me.


62 posted on 10/26/2016 9:03:28 AM PDT by Original Lurker
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