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I can't wait until this launches in my area. The reasons I want it are basically the original reasons Cable TV came to be and precisely what they advertise. I h
by mdip 14y ago
I can't wait until this launches in my area. The reasons I want it are basically the original reasons Cable TV came to be and precisely what they advertise. I hope that my use case isn't unusual because I actually need the very long cable attached to rabbit ears somewhere other than where my vacation home is located.
I have a vacation home on the US side of Lake Huron. I can receive two stations OTA... Canadian (CBC and CityTV? I think). To receive those, I installed a couple of bow tie antennas on a poll ten feet above the roof of the second floor. It was a pain to install, performed poorly and looked tacky. A storm solved that for us. I'm not climbing on that ladder again. DirecTV/Dish aren't an option due to the tree line. Comcast offers service for about $50 a month that includes 20 fuzzy analog channels. The signal was unwatchable despite the installers insistence that it was "fine" which ended up being downgraded to "the best we can do". No competition means no expectation of quality service (I'm not knocking it, just stating the circumstances).
Surprisingly, DSL seems to be the only thing we can get up there that performs at speeds I was used to at home say, 6 years ago, which are fine for 3 "HD" streams from the usual internet streaming providers.
I have no problem with just using Netflix (and Hulu/Plex/etc). My parents, however, love sports/local news/the comfort of what they consider "normal TV viewing" at night. We tried SlingBox App + iPad + AppleTV but it disconnected too frequently due to upload speeds being lacking in the home the box was installed. This would eliminate that issue, and would provide the stations the rest of my family wants to watch on the weekends.