Chadstroma
Footballguy
My cable/internet bill is ridiculous with XFinity. We don't have any movie channels (HBO or whatever) but I have whatever package has the few channels my wife and I care about and pretty fast internet speed as I work from home and need to make sure that is always going at high speeds even if my wife and kids are all streaming stuff or playing games. My current download speed is 425 mbps and 115 mbps upload via testing. By the way, I have no idea what that means but it says it is 'very fast'.
My kids almost exclusively watch either Youtube or one of the streaming services we currently have (Netflix, Disney + and Prime)
My wife watching nearly exclusively Hallmark Channel
x) with some cooking stuff thrown in here and there. As long as she had Hallmark, she would be happy.
I watch mostly football (NFL and some college) and college basketball with some NBA or MLB sporadically thrown in (but wouldn't miss it if I didn't have it). I would definitely want access to Olympics every two years when they are on. I like history and leaning towards military history so the channels that have that stuff may get my attention. I don't watch much news but if I do it is generally BBC or CNBC, sometimes Fox Business.
Occasionally there are shows on the networks that we watch here and there so I would want access to the local channels for weather watch stuff too.
So, I was thinking.... time to kill what I have and look at alternatives versus paying for 400 channels that I never watch at all and then a dozen we do while the family spends most of it's watching time on streaming services and youtube.
First, thing is the internet. I did some poking around and it seems like most of the internet options are not hard wired stuff but on phone data which I assume is not as fast? Also, I did talk to the AT&T guy when we switched our phones (saving a significant amount of money) about their internet but I don't think that is an option at all because if their network goes down, I would be screwed as my phone and internet would be down. I must have speed and reliability. What are good options for internet and how do I find them for my area? Is there a good hard wired alternative to XFinity? Are the phone internet just as good? Should I stick with XFinity and see how much just internet would be?
Second, once I got the internet figured out then what do I do for access? I think Hulu or Sling get me access to the local channels and more, right? Then add in maybe the NFL+ and Hallmark streaming and might as well do Max or other streaming that would easier to spend on since we weren't spending so much on cable. What would be the recommendations of setting that all up and which things to do and not do? The Hallmark streaming is not negotiable, that is all my wife cares about so as long as I have access to that or just do their streaming. I would like to see ALL the Raider games versus trying to find pirate channels that I can see them when they are not on national TV (which is a lot).
I am not very tech savvy though I am also not a complete tech moron but figuring this all out seems like a big job and something I really need to get advice, guidance and coaching on. Please help.
My kids almost exclusively watch either Youtube or one of the streaming services we currently have (Netflix, Disney + and Prime)
My wife watching nearly exclusively Hallmark Channel
x) with some cooking stuff thrown in here and there. As long as she had Hallmark, she would be happy.I watch mostly football (NFL and some college) and college basketball with some NBA or MLB sporadically thrown in (but wouldn't miss it if I didn't have it). I would definitely want access to Olympics every two years when they are on. I like history and leaning towards military history so the channels that have that stuff may get my attention. I don't watch much news but if I do it is generally BBC or CNBC, sometimes Fox Business.
Occasionally there are shows on the networks that we watch here and there so I would want access to the local channels for weather watch stuff too.
So, I was thinking.... time to kill what I have and look at alternatives versus paying for 400 channels that I never watch at all and then a dozen we do while the family spends most of it's watching time on streaming services and youtube.
First, thing is the internet. I did some poking around and it seems like most of the internet options are not hard wired stuff but on phone data which I assume is not as fast? Also, I did talk to the AT&T guy when we switched our phones (saving a significant amount of money) about their internet but I don't think that is an option at all because if their network goes down, I would be screwed as my phone and internet would be down. I must have speed and reliability. What are good options for internet and how do I find them for my area? Is there a good hard wired alternative to XFinity? Are the phone internet just as good? Should I stick with XFinity and see how much just internet would be?
Second, once I got the internet figured out then what do I do for access? I think Hulu or Sling get me access to the local channels and more, right? Then add in maybe the NFL+ and Hallmark streaming and might as well do Max or other streaming that would easier to spend on since we weren't spending so much on cable. What would be the recommendations of setting that all up and which things to do and not do? The Hallmark streaming is not negotiable, that is all my wife cares about so as long as I have access to that or just do their streaming. I would like to see ALL the Raider games versus trying to find pirate channels that I can see them when they are not on national TV (which is a lot).
I am not very tech savvy though I am also not a complete tech moron but figuring this all out seems like a big job and something I really need to get advice, guidance and coaching on. Please help.
