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Service is terrible
Two weeks ago I got installation of satellite WiFi due to the fact that we have no cable or phone lines at our property. We are 50 yards from the ocean in So. Cal with a clear line of sight. The only...
It's not a signal problem nor a connection problem. It's a latency problem. Some streaming servers are sensitive to the 500mS+ ping times (much higher during periods of network congestion) making that kind of activity difficult to use. Unfortunately there is nothing that can be done because that lag time is typical for geostationary satellite communication due to distance from the earth and the rate at which radio signals travel.
Some of us use PlayOn Cloud to record streaming movies and shows in the cloud (doesn't use data). Then we download the files (that uses data, but only once, to download the file), and then we can play the files as many times as we want, without buffering. The downloaded files become yours. Recording credits are 25 cents each, though they run sales all the time. Currently they're running one where you can buy 450 credits at 11 cents each.
I second PlayOn Cloud.
