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My old Hughes ping (AKA latency) was in the hundreds. Comcast at our condo in Houston (incredibly, fiber all the way to unit!) is around 8-12. NextLink, which we use at our ranch, is the new line-of-sight tower that just came online (and I signed up the first week) typically has a ping of 12-15. Which is VERY respectable for a wireless connection. Heck, it's respectable for ANY connection.
Our Comcast fiber speed is 800Mbps. Our Nextlink is 25-30, but that's all I pay for. And really, that's all most people need. They offer up to 100Mbps. And no data caps, at any level of service.
Thanks. We watch TV for a few hours each night, strictly streaming or watching "on demand". My husband watches on a very limited basis because he works away from home.
Cable has so many good old shows and movies to on-demand. Dish type TV doesn't have any collection to choose from. It sounds like one can only view a show/movie that is live time airing. We prefer these older shows and also watch Netflix, You Tube etc.
It sounds like it's "the luck of the draw" and "what's airing on TV tonight?", using Dish? We have favorite programs and limited watching time. Dish will be useless if we can't watch them.
I'll put effort towards replicating the streaming/on- demand ability we currently have through Comcast cable. I know this will require good internet and a streaming box of some kind.
You have Comcast cable? DO NOT GET SATELLITE INTERNET if you have any other choice. Trust me on this!
Thank you everyone for your help. You've been great and so personable. After spending today on the phone on hold, this may be the plan:
Viasat (yeah, I know....)
Verizon (EVERYTHING they can offer us)
Direct TV (no streaming, but at least it's tv)
Roku box (or any brand)
We'll try dual/overlapping internet if possible using Viasat and Verizon. One hardwired and the other as wifi? I don't know...
No landline. Voip thru Viasat. Move in time is in one year. Until then will sign no contracts as we wait for low earth orbit.
I'm taking that advice to stock up on Tums and load the liquor cabinet, at my current home, thanks.
Thank you everyone for your help. You've been great and so personable. After spending today on the phone on hold, this may be the plan:
Viasat (yeah, I know....)
Verizon (EVERYTHING they can offer us)
Direct TV (no streaming, but at least it's tv)
Roku box (or any brand)
We'll try dual/overlapping internet if possible using Viasat and Verizon. One hardwired and the other as wifi? I don't know...
No landline. Voip thru Viasat. Move in time is in one year. Until then will sign no contracts as we wait for low earth orbit.
I'm taking that advice to stock up on Tums and load the liquor cabinet, at my current home, thanks.
You may not have to duplicate your efforts on the internet portion. It would be prudent to see if any of the major carriers (ones who aren't a reseller by nature) have coverage in this new address.
There are some plans, referred to as "fixed wireless" which is basically a WiFi router that gets really good cell signal. One box. The data allowances are more generous than for mobile handsets, too.
$80 gets you 100 GB/mo of data. The only thing that may exceed this threshold is a constant Nest doorbell stream. To be sure, contact your CURRENT provider and see what you've used the past few months.
And don't trust the "prequalification" websites (learned this the hard way)
Pre-qualification (e.g. using the form on the Xfinity website) is no guarantee an address can actually get service; If Internet is really important to you, look for a listing that already has cable hooked up and active.
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