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Post by gogittum on May 11, 2024 10:24:04 GMT -5
I'm still having fits trying to find a reasonable internet supplier - nothing at my address less than $80/month. I recently talked to a kid at T-Mobile who knew his stuff and he told me he can't give wifi at my address but can give me a wifi hotspot on my phone....for my phone...?? Dunno, but 100gig a month will cost me $50 and I like that sound a lot better. Hafta find out what my usage has been.
I've used a hot spot on occasion, but unsure of constant use and any problems that I haven't heard about. Sure would appreciate some input from those familiar with the whole thing.
I've been with YouTube TV for a couple of months now and like it a lot, apart from the price, but there's one glitch they seem unfamiliar with. Why me ??
A very few channels, when a commercial comes on, will just blank out for 2 or 3 seconds, then pick up again after bypassing the commercial. I like that.
Most channels when a commercial pops up will just give a progress line with a red dot showing me where I'm at on the program. Tap the screen (I control it with a tablet) ahead of the dot and it fast forwards. Takes a bit of practice, but I'm living with it with minimal fuss.
A couple of channels will flicker black for a second or 2 as the commercial loads, then blast it at me full volume, regardless of volume setting. I have a sound bar setup on my Vizio tv and loud is "really" loud and it makes me dive for the remote to mute it. So far...knock wood...my neighbor hasn't bitched at me but I'd like to cure that as well.
YouTube tech support has been good about working with me on it and even had me make a video clip of it and send it to them. No help. They're thrashing around in the bushes without helping any. Any ideas out there ??
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Post by bullfrog on May 11, 2024 10:41:14 GMT -5
I'm still having fits trying to find a reasonable internet supplier - nothing at my address less than $80/month. I recently talked to a kid at T-Mobile who knew his stuff and he told me he can't give wifi at my address but can give me a wifi hotspot on my phone....for my phone...?? Dunno, but 100gig a month will cost me $50 and I like that sound a lot better. Hafta find out what my usage has been. I've used a hot spot on occasion, but unsure of constant use and any problems that I haven't heard about. Sure would appreciate some input from those familiar with the whole thing. I've been with YouTube TV for a couple of months now and like it a lot, apart from the price, but there's one glitch they seem unfamiliar with. Why me ?? A very few channels, when a commercial comes on, will just blank out for 2 or 3 seconds, then pick up again after bypassing the commercial. I like that. Most channels when a commercial pops up will just give a progress line with a red dot showing me where I'm at on the program. Tap the screen (I control it with a tablet) ahead of the dot and it fast forwards. Takes a bit of practice, but I'm living with it with minimal fuss. A couple of channels will flicker black for a second or 2 as the commercial loads, then blast it at me full volume, regardless of volume setting. I have a sound bar setup on my Vizio tv and loud is "really" loud and it makes me dive for the remote to mute it. So far...knock wood...my neighbor hasn't bitched at me but I'd like to cure that as well. YouTube tech support has been good about working with me on it and even had me make a video clip of it and send it to them. No help. They're thrashing around in the bushes without helping any. Any ideas out there ?? I don’t know about your glitch problem. As to using your cellular hotspot for internet, its doable or even preferable you have good reception and if you know your usage will be under your plan’s max. We did internet that way for about a year even though our reception is poor. It was slow, only about 7-10mbs reliably. But it worked well enough. We streamed Netflix and other TV services on it. We’d run over our plan of 250gb (or 225?) a month during the summer when my wife and daughter are home. During the school year no streaming happens during the day and we stayed under our plan. Now we have Starlink and it awesome. My power is out and its working well running off my generator. |
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Post by whitebacon on May 11, 2024 13:29:29 GMT -5
I'm still having fits trying to find a reasonable internet supplier - nothing at my address less than $80/month. I recently talked to a kid at T-Mobile who knew his stuff and he told me he can't give wifi at my address but can give me a wifi hotspot on my phone....for my phone...?? Dunno, but 100gig a month will cost me $50 and I like that sound a lot better. Hafta find out what my usage has been. I've used a hot spot on occasion, but unsure of constant use and any problems that I haven't heard about. Sure would appreciate some input from those familiar with the whole thing. I've been with YouTube TV for a couple of months now and like it a lot, apart from the price, but there's one glitch they seem unfamiliar with. Why me ?? A very few channels, when a commercial comes on, will just blank out for 2 or 3 seconds, then pick up again after bypassing the commercial. I like that. Most channels when a commercial pops up will just give a progress line with a red dot showing me where I'm at on the program. Tap the screen (I control it with a tablet) ahead of the dot and it fast forwards. Takes a bit of practice, but I'm living with it with minimal fuss. A couple of channels will flicker black for a second or 2 as the commercial loads, then blast it at me full volume, regardless of volume setting. I have a sound bar setup on my Vizio tv and loud is "really" loud and it makes me dive for the remote to mute it. So far...knock wood...my neighbor hasn't bitched at me but I'd like to cure that as well. YouTube tech support has been good about working with me on it and even had me make a video clip of it and send it to them. No help. They're thrashing around in the bushes without helping any. Any ideas out there ?? Maybe 4-5 years ago I came back to the states briefly to run a project for an old client. He gave me a laptop and and a Verizon hot spot that was small and plugged into a USB port on the laptop. I know it was less than $50 a month, and it was lightning fast. Also unlimited data, I know because I asked. Might wanna check into that. |
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Post by bswiv on May 12, 2024 5:46:35 GMT -5
We've a old T-Mobile plan, one that is truly unlimited, with the hotspot part of it the same. Cost of 2 phones on it is $150.....tax, tag, title, dealer prep & options included......
Been running off the hotspots on the phones for 6 or so year......maybe even longer as we're in that time of life where things just zip by!
Only downside is that both the farm and the house in Fruit Cove are on the edge of coverage areas for towers. This causes some small issues now and again.....especially when there are weather conditions.
What we've found, and this may be different depending on the model phone you have, is that with 2 bars of 5G you can do just about anything.....run two videos at once, that sort of thing. Odd about the phones too.....I have a really cheap one, a TCL 30 that's about 2 years old while Louann has a Apple that one of the son-in-laws was given by his work and then upgraded by his work ( They get to keep the old phones. )....it's about 3 years old.....but still, a Apple.....and my TCL seems to have a better antenna in it.
All that said......we just do not subscribe to anything and of course no gaming.....so our usage is not that heavy.
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Post by gogittum on May 12, 2024 10:08:18 GMT -5
Thanks, y'all. I've been stalling calling XFinity to find my usage because all customer service goes to India and I flat hate talking to those Hindus. I'd "almost" rather take a beating than fuss with those idiots.
I usually check email twice a day, then watch YouTubes from around 9:00 AM till 6:00 or 7:00 PM most days with a break of 1 - 2 hours for lunch at senior center.
1 or 2 days a week, I take a few hours for a hike and, of course, there's shopping, etc.
Then I watch TV on YouTube TV till 10:00 PM...bedtime.
The young fella at T-Mobile told me I'd prob'ly be pretty close to the 100gig limit and extra usage would be expensive.
Anybody had any similar experience ?? Gotta hike up my jeans and break down to make that India call, I guess. Gotta call to fight with them about last month's bill - $119 - anyway. S'posed to be $71. This month they hit me with $87. Grrrr....😠😠 What a bullshit outfit.
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Post by ferris1248 on May 12, 2024 10:48:27 GMT -5
When you get the guy/girl in India, give them the ID they ask for, explain your problem and then immediately start saying, "Let me speak to your supervisor please".
You may have to say it several times, riding over their reading of a script.
90% of the time, I've found I get a person who speaks English pretty well.
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Post by mapper on May 12, 2024 11:04:22 GMT -5
While I'd like something faster, I'm at the edge of radio range under a metal roof.
So deathstar (ATT) hotspot mimo and external antenna give 5-7 speeds for 20 bux a month unlimited data.
Not fast enough for serious work or downloads, in my application/location but it's cheap and portable. I haven't tried it in areas of good/strong reception.
I use a booster in the house with external antenna. Yes there are faster better more expensive options..
Prior to this I would have to go outside and squint for a signal..
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Post by PolarsStepdad on May 12, 2024 20:18:24 GMT -5
I'm so disappointed. In my food induced haze I though the title said wife hot spots. Imagine my disappointment to learn it was about wife. Damnit!!
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Post by Tarponator on May 14, 2024 14:47:53 GMT -5
I'm still having fits trying to find a reasonable internet supplier - nothing at my address less than $80/month. I recently talked to a kid at T-Mobile who knew his stuff and he told me he can't give wifi at my address but can give me a wifi hotspot on my phone....for my phone...?? Dunno, but 100gig a month will cost me $50 and I like that sound a lot better. Hafta find out what my usage has been. I've used a hot spot on occasion, but unsure of constant use and any problems that I haven't heard about. Sure would appreciate some input from those familiar with the whole thing. I've been with YouTube TV for a couple of months now and like it a lot, apart from the price, but there's one glitch they seem unfamiliar with. Why me ?? A very few channels, when a commercial comes on, will just blank out for 2 or 3 seconds, then pick up again after bypassing the commercial. I like that. Most channels when a commercial pops up will just give a progress line with a red dot showing me where I'm at on the program. Tap the screen (I control it with a tablet) ahead of the dot and it fast forwards. Takes a bit of practice, but I'm living with it with minimal fuss. A couple of channels will flicker black for a second or 2 as the commercial loads, then blast it at me full volume, regardless of volume setting. I have a sound bar setup on my Vizio tv and loud is "really" loud and it makes me dive for the remote to mute it. So far...knock wood...my neighbor hasn't bitched at me but I'd like to cure that as well. YouTube tech support has been good about working with me on it and even had me make a video clip of it and send it to them. No help. They're thrashing around in the bushes without helping any. Any ideas out there ?? Many TVs have a setting in the audio controls that will even out the audio output. Have a look. |
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