Fire Stick
A bit off subject, but is anyone using Fire Stick?
How do you like it?
I have 10MBPS download speed max.
tymorial
(3,433 posts)That is with no other devices connected to your network. My parents love their fire stick though. I dont know what they have for speeds, probably 100 to 200.
trof
(54,270 posts)tymorial
(3,433 posts)To give you some perspective, I had 75 download a few years ago and we had phones, tablets, computers and gaming devices connected to the network. We would sometimes experience issues with buffering using amazon, bidu etc
trof
(54,270 posts)And our phone/isp provider, Centurylink has a landline monopoly in our area.
I could go satellite wifi, but we have so many thunderstorms I'd be losing TV AND internet a lot.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)liberal N proud
(60,929 posts)If you do, you could get Internet service only from them and then do streaming.
trof
(54,270 posts)Local op. Riviera cable.
Small town in coastal Alabama.
(Where else?)
JDC
(10,474 posts)DirecTv Now gives you a free Apple TV 4k with 3 mos off prepaid service. No contract.
It works unbelievably well IMO. I dont love the remote, so instead I use my iPhone and the remote app.
Dtv uses a lot of data though.
flamin lib
(14,559 posts)Neither did the Google chromecast device. I did have a lot of buffering streaming directly from a computer (livenewson.com for msnbc live).
Just moved to Spectrum (formerly Time Warner) and have 200 mbps for same cost. No issues w customer service either.
I guess the streaming devices buffer enough to fill in the gaps.
Eta
Hang in there 5g wireless should be available in the next year.
trof
(54,270 posts)Response to trof (Original post)
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trof
(54,270 posts)Have it on 3 TV sets and it works fine.
I'm also paying $49/MO. for YOUTUBE TV.