70 + 35 + 12 = 120/ month that's much cheaper than cable + internet. A 1 GB connection is also overkill for just about anyone.
Re:Netflix is now worth more than Comcast
by scarface74 on Thursday May 24, 2018 @04:09PM
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Yes 1Gbps up and down is overkill. In the real world, (outside of speed tests) the best I was able to get was around 100Mbps u/d when connecting to my company's colo via VPN after business hours. Even Amazon limits my connection to my AWS resources to around 70Mbps.
WiFi the best I can get is around 400/400 when standing right by the router on either my phone or laptops.
Video needs at most 20Mbps and I don't know how much bandwidth that my son's PS4 or Xbox can't take advantage of.
Every bedroom in our house, the living room, the gym, and my office are wired. But my 3rd Gen AppleTVs only have 100Mbps connections, my Roku sticks/TVs are WiFi and only the game systems, my computers in the office and my one 4th Gen AppleTV actually have wired gig-e connections.
On the other hand, the gigabit plan is the only one that doesn't have a cap.
But if I had XFinity (thank God I don't) even thier gigabit Service is limited to 35Mbps upload.
All of the major cell carriers are already offering unlimited internet with SD video streaming. My older son doesn't have home internet service at all. He streams everything either from his phone or his PS4 and tethers from his phone. That's good enough for him.
Right now, people pay $150+ for a package with all the TV channels, while you can get the broadband for $50 or so
I pay $70 a month for AT&T's gigabit internet and on top of that I pay $35 for DirecTVNow and $12 a month for Hulu without commercials. I would be paying $13 a month for Netflix, but it is free with T-mobile.
The actual price of TV service is a wash. I won't go back to TV via the cable company because of the BS fees -- cable box rental (for us it would be $50), Broadcast Access, Sports Access, Regulatory fees (that aren't mandatory government fees) add up to another $80.
On top of that DirecTVNow+Hulu is a lot more flexible. We can watch from anywhere. That's a big deal for my wife. She has a split shift and when she isn't at the gym she can catch up on TV on her phone.