TV in a RV...STREAMING...Part 1

Do not confuse "Unlimited data" with "Unlimited speed". They're not the same thing. Throttling will limit how much data you can transfer in a given amount of time, but it does not limit the total amount of data you can transfer. Data caps limit the amount...

Hi,

I'm able to watch netflix with no buffering on the Sasktel connection after it is throttled. I'm pleased with that.

I do have 22 gigs I can use at Bell Canada in a Canada USA plan. I do use 21 gigs of that up to try to keep Sasktel happy. That leaves me with some room to wiggle as a gig is a pretty fair number of emails, or postings here.

If you are throttled, you can reboot your hotspot ( router) and find a less congested channel. In two years, all over the country, I've never been throttled to a point where I couldn't watch TV. And that is using 700 to 900 Gig a month.

That depends upon the throttle profile. The FMCA plan from Verizon is a "hard-throttle". After 25GB you are down to dial up speeds. You can still make that 3000 mile trip but it will take you 4 years to get there!

Throttled limited your speed, Not how much data you use

You can drive cross country at the speed limit aka throttled
Or do a cannonball race
It's still 3000 miles

Throttle can limit data speed and the movie resolution you are watching
But you can still watch movies 24/7 if that is your thing

Consider throttling to be like driving during busy traffic versus early Sunday morning

I've had DIsh for 20 years at my house and take the box and dish, now tailgater and use it on the road. I do not have a smart phone so no streaming for me.

pianotuna wrote:
There are a few unlimited data cell phone plans. The only one I'm aware of in Canada is from Sasktel. It is throttled after 15 gigs--but even after I reach the throttle I can still watch netflix.

If it's "throttled" or "network managed", then it ain't "unlimited". It's a marketing gimmick.

Closest plan to actually unlimited is/was AT&T's Mobley.

I predict that most technology predictions are incorrect.

Who knows which breakthroughs get applied to which markets?

There are low cost tiny yet powerful sats flourishing.

Launch costs are dropping.

We shall see!

I agree that satellite TV (as we know it today) is coming to an end. I see that being some time in the next 10-15 years. The satellites are all still there and they all still have enough fuel to last at least that long. "Maybe" in that time the US infrastructure will improve enough to allow streaming and OTA to be the best source of TV programming but with the weather getting more severe every year I would still want to have satellite TV as my main source of information as it is the least likely victim of a long term outage after a natural disaster.

Fj12 rider.....you’re excused