ᐅ The telecom provider says TV is not possible – can that really be true?
Created on: 2 Jan 2018 11:21
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sauerpeter
Hello everyone,
We just recently got connected through Telekom for internet and landline. I hadn’t really thought about TV yet. I called, and they said that with my 16,000 kbps line (16 Mbps), TV wouldn’t be possible because internet and phone are already running on it, and the bandwidth left for TV would be too low.
Technically, it might be possible, but with my connection, watching TV wouldn’t be enjoyable if someone is using the Wi-Fi at the same time. Is that correct?
Does this mean I can’t get a TV connection except via satellite? Would that require reopening everything again? We’re about to move in, and everything is finished.
It’s also frustrating that in our town only Telekom and Vodafone are available. I think there might be 1&1 as well, but I’m not entirely sure.
We don’t watch much TV, but sometimes we do...
Damn...
We just recently got connected through Telekom for internet and landline. I hadn’t really thought about TV yet. I called, and they said that with my 16,000 kbps line (16 Mbps), TV wouldn’t be possible because internet and phone are already running on it, and the bandwidth left for TV would be too low.
Technically, it might be possible, but with my connection, watching TV wouldn’t be enjoyable if someone is using the Wi-Fi at the same time. Is that correct?
Does this mean I can’t get a TV connection except via satellite? Would that require reopening everything again? We’re about to move in, and everything is finished.
It’s also frustrating that in our town only Telekom and Vodafone are available. I think there might be 1&1 as well, but I’m not entirely sure.
We don’t watch much TV, but sometimes we do...
Damn...
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readytorumble9 Jan 2018 10:28Evolith schrieb:
So a 16 Mbit/s (16,000 kbit/s) connection works with Entertain. We had it for years. BUT you can forget about HD then.An HD stream is now possible even with a 16 Mbit/s (16,000 kbit/s) DSL connection.
But enough about Entertain, since it doesn’t seem to be available for the original poster.
Therefore, I would also go for Sat over IP.
16 Mbps (16 megabits per second) connections will only receive Entertain if the downstream infrastructure supports it and if the connection, as already mentioned, can deliver at least 10 Mbps (10 megabits per second) bandwidth. Otherwise, it will be rejected.
Therefore, it is not accurate to say that every 16 Mbps (16 megabits per second) connection can receive Entertain – as the original poster experienced firsthand.
Therefore, it is not accurate to say that every 16 Mbps (16 megabits per second) connection can receive Entertain – as the original poster experienced firsthand.
Nordlys schrieb:
But... if I watch via satellite, then: why go the long way through the telecom box? I just take it directly: dish, receiver, picture. Done. Karsten I had planned it that way but gave up after about 10 months.
1. Problem, I only have one TV cable installed, so I can only record what I’m currently watching – not very practical. For a while, we managed by recording in SD and watching in HD.
But once you get used to recording 3-4 things at the same time or with slight overlaps, you don’t want that other nonsense anymore.
2. Problem, I had bought a new satellite hard drive recorder especially for this, which generally works well, but the EPG (electronic program guide) is so poor... it was just annoying. Recordings were wrongly labeled or not labeled at all, and for series, you had to search for each episode every time.
The telecom provider’s technology is already very advanced and user-friendly, so what can you do... I added the IPTV service, upgraded the connection to 150 Mbit, which now costs 65 instead of 40, but it’s not a big deal.
Nordlys schrieb:
Oh God... I've never recorded anything before. What's missed is missed. So what. Life goes on..... That now reads like *totally wide-eyed* I like watching series without commercials, and our lives revolve around our child, not the evening news, so you have to be flexible sometimes.
I also like watching WISO or documentaries from ARD, but I don’t always have time to use the media library within a week.
Four recordings naturally result from the overlaps—5 minutes at the start and 5 minutes at the end 😉
Egon12 schrieb:
I like watching series without commercials, and our life revolves around our child, not the evening news, In most series, you can usually still follow the story even if you miss an episode. Watching series without commercials: that’s a good joke. For several years now, product placement has had to be mentioned again in the end credits as "production assistance" ;-)
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