A brief follow up. At first, I didn't think I could use Viziocast (chromecast) to send this to my TV and still utilize the free AT&&T access. After testing it seems as long as the TV is connected to the phone mobile hotspot and if I use the directv now app on phone then cast to TV it utilizes the free access. I've verified this by reviewing the detailed usage. Picture and sound quality are excellent and this seems like a perfect solution for now. Will see how directv does over the next month or so. Not missing sat or cable at this point.