To watch TV without buffering or without using data, you should look into a satellite TV service such as DirecTV. It works differently than satellite internet and you can get over 100 channels, including premium channels like HBO.
Satellite internet can stream, but is not ideal for it because of the limited bandwidth that everyone has to share, and like Mark said, when you are streaming, you are loading the system and everyone gets a bit less data. When everyone is trying to stream at the same time of the day, the system gets congested and this affects everyone.
Hello,
What devices are you using to stream netflix with? After years of frustration with this same issue, I found that Firestick light, and Apple worked the best for us. If you have Roku you may as well give up. Prime video drops and lags all the time, as do most of the others. Netflix does not give you the option to reduce your streaming quality anymore, so If your data renues and you are streaming you can say goodbye to it in a matter of hours. Once your in FAP (Fair Access Policy) your data should go to a steady 1-3mbps unless you have mulitple devices slpitting up your bandwith, or you are experincing a modem malfunction.
The good thing about FAP and netflix is it will then self adjust to the lowest possible streaming quality. You will still have moments of buffering, but it shouldnt be terrible. If you call tech support they can also walk you through making a QOS rule which will Prioritize your data to the desired divice. I recently had to make QOS rules because the kids were burning up the data to fast. I also had to buy a wifi booster and install it on the other side of my house so that the conection would stop dropping. If you are only using two devices that are hitting the network then you should not be having a ton of issues. Do you happen to have anything else that is feeding off the wifi? Possibly a printer, echo, nest etc.? I am only asking because eventhough they may be Quote "not in use" they will still draw data.
I hope that this helps you.
Rob
