ᐅ Is a Satellite System Still Necessary for New Builds, or Is IPTV Sufficient?
Created on: 27 Feb 2019 14:48
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commanderchen
Hello everyone,
Please forgive me if I haven’t searched through hundreds of pages. My basic question is whether you still consider a satellite dish necessary or if you would just skip it altogether. About our profile: When we watch TV, it’s exclusively public broadcasting channels and no private channels. However, mostly we watch on-demand content like Netflix, Amazon Prime, and so on. In this context, we’re really starting to doubt whether we can save ourselves the 850 EUR gross. What do you think? Should we just stream the public broadcasting channels via Apple TV, or is it still better to have a satellite dish installed?
Thanks & good luck, Commanderchen
Please forgive me if I haven’t searched through hundreds of pages. My basic question is whether you still consider a satellite dish necessary or if you would just skip it altogether. About our profile: When we watch TV, it’s exclusively public broadcasting channels and no private channels. However, mostly we watch on-demand content like Netflix, Amazon Prime, and so on. In this context, we’re really starting to doubt whether we can save ourselves the 850 EUR gross. What do you think? Should we just stream the public broadcasting channels via Apple TV, or is it still better to have a satellite dish installed?
Thanks & good luck, Commanderchen
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Strahleman24 Aug 2020 07:46Tarnari schrieb:
IPTV FTW. And you think that wouldn’t be possible with satellite?! In this case, I don’t really see a unique selling point for IPTV.
Once again, it’s a self-inflicted problem with “new internet territory.” The DSL network is too patchy to use IPTV nationwide as a replacement for cable or satellite. With the maximum available bandwidth of 18 Mbit (18 Mbps), I wouldn’t want to rely entirely on IPTV—especially during prime time when all the neighbors turn on their devices and the copper lines get heavily loaded.
untergasse4324 Aug 2020 09:32That is more of a local issue. If you live in well-served areas, downtime should be minimal (unless you are using cable internet). We currently have VDSL from the telecom provider with 100 Mbit (250 would be possible), and it runs very reliably. Well, I’m not really interested in football anyway, but you can always use a satellite receiver as a backup solution in the rack.
untergasse43 schrieb:
(unless you have internet via cable). Why? What does that mean? Is cable more susceptible?
untergasse4324 Aug 2020 09:46Cable is also a shared medium. This can often lead to significant drops in data throughput or it may simply go down for a few hours. The advertised speed is often more of a wishful expectation. Both I and my clients have consistently had less than satisfactory experiences with cable in the past.
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