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Steve Huber Co-Admin:
Is anyone streaming internet providers e.g. Hulu, Netflix, etc using a mobile hot spot, e,g, Solis, thru a Dish Wally? If so, how well does it work?
Thx, Steve

Jerry Carr:
I use Netflix no issues Steve.

Fred Brooks:
   Jerry,
What is your internet source for streaming? Are you using your hot spot on your phone?

Carl Boger:
Steve,
I don't have a wally so I am not familiar with how it works.

I do use a visible phone as a stand alone hot spot and hook it to a router to both charge the phone and get multiple wifi connections.  I also have a weboost truckers antenna and inside antenna to boost the signal when needed.

With this setup I stream Netflix and Prime on my Roku TV's.  As long as I have a signal I can stream TV, including Roku channels.  I can also get on my computer or phone over wifi, or all 3 together.   No cell signal and no wifi!   I have only been to a few places with no signal.  A weak signal will cause some buffering, but it still works.

Eric Maclean:
Steve
I use an AT&T stand along hotspot which allows me to connect several devices at once .
We have two computers , two Android smart TVs and even a connected dash android stereo/ navigation unit
Which are all connected and work perfectly.
If you are using smart TVs you don't need to go through the dish wally as the TV's will connect directly to the hot spot allowing you to stream several different streaming sources and even you tube .
As for the AT&T hot spot we have a $ 49.95 plan that gives us 100 Big of data can be suspended while we are off the road at home for six months, and the coverage is very good we are currently on our way home to Ontario Canada from a trip to San Diego we have been from Florida and across hwy 10 to the south and back via Hwy 40 and have only had two places where we had little or no internet connection ( both in places where we didn't expect any)
As Canadians we opted to remove our sat dish as the programming would not work in the states anyway and after two years of using the hot spot have no regrets when we don't have good over the air coverage we simply stream what we want .
It works for us and is cheaper than sat dish programming.

Hope this helps
Eric

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