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What kind of internet access is most reliable in natural disaster?
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[QUOTE="yungman, post: 6849146, member: 131028"] Actually after weighting all the options, this might be the best route. Instead getting cable TV and satellite internet, I get another high speed internet and stream tv. One problem satellite is the LATENCY is long, my grand kids play games when they stay over, I need internet with short latency for them. With that in mind, I am think about what is the CHEAPEST way to get TV and internet that everyone is happy. Here is a way I come up:[B]1) [/B]I am getting TWO internets, one land based(cable or F/O) that is fast and high GB/mo for tv and game. One basic satellite internet like Hughesnet cheapest 25Mbps 15GBmax for $64. [B]2)[/B] Satellite won’t go down in storm or local earthquake. I use the satellite internet for email, VOIP using my old home phone number and internet search that will work when everything else goes down during storm or earthquake. [B]3) [/B]I use the fast land line internet for streaming tv and for GAMING(land line has much shorter LATENCY) [B]4)[/B] Instread of getting cable tv like Xfinity, I am looking into streaming boxes like Amazon Fire stick or Roku depends on free channels available. So I save money on cable TV and put it on the extra internet. [B]5) [/B]I use on air antenna and converter box to get local tv channels to drive tv when the land line internet is down so I still get local tv.With this, the estimate cost is about roughly $65 for satellite, about $60 for fast internet, $10 for VOIP each month. Which will be about $140/month. I just hope the cheapest Hughesnet that provide 15GB total data/mo is enough for internet and VOIP phone. I searched, usage is about 100MB/hr, sounds like that should be enough. I don't download music or video. Channels I want are basic channels: [B]Foxnews, Fox Business, Newsmax, TBS, SiFi, USA, TNT, Lifetime, Hallmark, E!, FXM, AMC, IFC, CMT[/B] I hope I can get these free. I know Fox News has free aps. [/QUOTE]
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