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Buffering!
New to HN and was told we could stream "a few games a month" but then our data would decrease. What they failed to tell us is that the buffering would make anything and everything unwatchable. Called...
Thanks for the great explanations. You knowledge of this is impressive. Perhaps you can explain
why it I get so-so streaming between 12pm and 4-5pm, then unusable streaming from 5ish to 11-12
and then so-so streaming again? I have plenty of data tokens, so shouldn't be throttled for that reason.
This is why I was thinking congestion was the problem.
Could the 'beam' distribution you mentioned above be the problem?
For reference, regarding the streaming, you might want to look into PlayOn Cloud. It plays and records your chosen item on a 'cloud' based DVR, converts it to an mp4 file, then sends you a link so you can download it, whether manually, automatically or by scheduling, and then you can watch it on anything you have that can play mp4s, including Smart TVs. It doesn't work with all streaming services, but it supports most of the big ones.
Though it's not the same as streaming, it gets around the buffering, uses less of your data, and you can keep what you download forever, watching it anytime and however many times you want. maratsade and I both use it, and I've built up quite a library over the last few years. A library of hundreds of movies and TV shows. So many that I have an 8TB USB external HDD nearly 60% filled so far, which I keep connected to my TV.
It's just an idea, but compared to streaming the movies or TV shows you really want to watch it ends up being worth it.
Thanks for the info. I'll definitely look into it. How much of the cost will HughesNet cover, since it's needed because of
their poor service? (Just kidding, they'd probably charge extra if they found out)
