I don’t understand how people can afford to use web based video services. Do those of you who buy this stuff have unlimited data plans that maintain speed or complimentary WiFi?
My Apt has Wave G. They advertise Gigabit speed, but in reality you get something like 350MB down. Flat price is $60/month. Pretty good, even though they are lying through their teeth on speed.
I believe WiFi is a function of your internet services. You get a modem/router that provides wireless, so you can connect as many devices as you want wirelessly. I have a desktop too...no wireless there.
Roku goes thru the wireless router/modem.
If I am in my house, watching DirectTVNOW using ROKU TV or just DirectTVNOW w/ laptops, no data usage.
If I am out using tablet or phone, I would use data if I wanted to watch TV. BTW, I do have unlimited phone data.
DirectTVNOW is affiliated with ATT—I don’t think have to have ATT phone or internet services, but may be slightly cheaper...
“I don’t understand how people can afford to use web based video services. Do those of you who buy this stuff have unlimited data plans that maintain speed or complimentary WiFi”
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If you’re paying per megabyte that could be a problem. I watch video-tv-movies almost exclusively online and never had a problem re:data usage.
A streaming digital television hour of old Monks is 2.25 GB. An hour of 4K video is about 8GB.
You can upgrade Spectrum/Charger to unlimited data for $30 more. The others have a similar charge.
It’s far cheaper than cable plans and we get 75+ channels over the air from 50+ miles away (using a Marathon antenna indoors on our 2nd floor by the window—haven’t put it on the roof, yet).
We have gamers in the house (one works in the industry) so we need the fastest internet we can get ANYWAY. So if you already have fast speeds and good WiFi connections put in on your property, it is easy to stream anything to the TVs.
We also have dish network for grandma but I’m not so sure we really need it when she’s gone.