Over your new cellular plan allowance? Do they soak you with charges for going over?Oh, another thing. I'm using about 1 terabyte of data per month over the home internet plan. That's 1000 gigabytes (well a bit more than that if we're being technical). This is a small sample size - just about 3 weeks worth -- but that's close.
No, not at all, Cynthia. T-Mobile's home internet is unlimited data, which again is analogous to my cable service. It's treated like a separate "line" on the service. So, my T-Mobile bill comprises 2 lines for my 55+ plan cellphones ($70/mo) and a third "line" for the home internet ($40/mo).
So, finally, I have gone through all my personal internet accounts and changed the contact information away from my old cable company-provided address. After about 25 years of using that old one as my primary email address, that was a lot of work!
Oh well, I never go there anyway.
Don't try putting your TV on your phone's hot spot, Woody. Well, I guess it depends on your plan. In my case, T-Mobile will definitely throttle that data traffic on your phone(s) in short order. As for my home internet "line," no.
I have T-Mobile as well and my only complaint is they change my IP address every few weeks which then requires me to call Hulu to have them change it also so I can use their service
How weird. Are you using a smart TV to connect to Hulu through your T-Mobile home internet, Wilmy? I gave up Hulu recently, but will probably reinstate them in a couple of months when I want to run through Futurama again.
Just my laptop for work if there's an outage. Sometimes it doesn't work.Don't try putting your TV on your phone's hot spot, Woody. Well, I guess it depends on your plan. In my case, T-Mobile will definitely throttle that data traffic on your phone(s) in short order. As for my home internet "line," no.
It is strange, I use a Roku box. The connection goes T-mobile receiver - linksys router - Roku - Samsung TV all connected via ethernet cables.
That's gotta be it, Wilmy. It's LiveTV. Give LiveTV a call; I'll bet you are not the only one experiencing this. Straight up Hulu (without Live TV) works fine on my setup. I have my T-Mobile gateway driving my Linksys Velop (mesh) wi-fi in the house. My Roku is plugged in (via enet cable) into one of my Velop stations. Anyway, this business of the IP address changing is the way all providers work (unless you pay them big $$ for static IPs)... It has nothing to do with your home setup. Your setup is completely "normal" from my point of view. It's gotta' be Hulu.
I have spoken with Hulu+liveTV about it and they say it's the IP changing and I check it and it has, every time. It's their way of making sure someone else uses my login info
Oh, OK. Well, that's not an answer, IMO; IP addresses are going to change. I guess they don't care. You'd think a streaming service would.
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Canard, does this have anything to do with cellular home internet, or is this some kind of veer?Late to the party ....
For people struggling with low bandwidth, latency, and older hardware (routers, computers), Steven Black's hosts file(s) can sometimes help, at a cost.
GitHub - StevenBlack/hosts: 🔒 Consolidating and extending hosts files from several well-curated sources. Optionally pick extensions for porn, social media, and other categories.
🔒 Consolidating and extending hosts files from several well-curated sources. Optionally pick extensions for porn, social media, and other categories. - StevenBlack/hosts
It is a bit of a double edged sword.
It sets thousands of host/domain names to an IP address of 0.0.0.0 blocking access to those hosts. The hosts are trackers, ad servers, malware servers, etc.
It slows browser performance slightly, a negative.
But it can stop or mitigate issues with Youtube or streaming or general web performance.
For example, I have an old HP Netbook with an Intel Atom proc. It will no longer run any contemporary "full" operating system well enough for it to be useful. With something lean like Sparky Linux, it mostly functions, but with Youtube videos, there are problems. There is skipping and stuttering. There is freezing when cache is depleted. Sometimes audio will continue with a black screen. With the use of the hosts file, these problems disappear. Blocking "extraneous" connections, frees up resources.
So what are the costs?
Some mainstream websites will not work, either not at all or only partially.
And there is an ethical cost. Many of the "extraneous" connections to your computer are not "extraneous" to the service provider whose video content you are watching/using. The connections are often part of their revenue stream, and you are ripping them off with the use of the modified hosts file.
I think it's valid - I went to Myrtle Beach and the hotel had Hulu+liveTV on the TV but I could not access it with my login info. I could access Hulu but not LiveTVOh, OK. Well, that's not an answer, IMO; IP addresses are going to change. I guess they don't care. You'd think a streaming service would.
A bit of a veer but not entirely off tangent.
I don’t know of a way to change host files don’t work on TVs.Late to the party ....
For people struggling with low bandwidth, latency, and older hardware (routers, computers), Steven Black's hosts file(s) can sometimes help, at a cost.
GitHub - StevenBlack/hosts: 🔒 Consolidating and extending hosts files from several well-curated sources. Optionally pick extensions for porn, social media, and other categories.
🔒 Consolidating and extending hosts files from several well-curated sources. Optionally pick extensions for porn, social media, and other categories. - StevenBlack/hosts
It is a bit of a double edged sword.
It sets thousands of host/domain names to an IP address of 0.0.0.0 blocking access to those hosts. The hosts are trackers, ad servers, malware servers, etc.
It slows browser performance slightly, a negative.
But it can stop or mitigate issues with Youtube or streaming or general web performance.
For example, I have an old HP Netbook with an Intel Atom proc. It will no longer run any contemporary "full" operating system well enough for it to be useful. With something lean like Sparky Linux, it mostly functions, but with Youtube videos, there are problems. There is skipping and stuttering. There is freezing when cache is depleted. Sometimes audio will continue with a black screen. With the use of the hosts file, these problems disappear. Blocking "extraneous" connections, frees up resources.
So what are the costs?
Some mainstream websites will not work, either not at all or only partially.
And there is an ethical cost. Many of the "extraneous" connections to your computer are not "extraneous" to the service provider whose content you are watching/using. The connections are often part of their revenue stream, and you are ripping them off with the use of the modified hosts file.