Well, I tried a little experiment and set up the personal hotspot, logged in with the Apple TV and then stream TV show on Netflix. That works fine, I watched a 50 minute TV show without problems. Then I connected my mac to the Wi-Fi hotspot and tried to stream a video on Safari via flash. That was disastrous, Lot of buffering issues. Then I checked my data usage and saw that I used up 1.2 GB with about an hours worth of video streaming. That will never work. As you said, it will make a good secondary backup system, but never as a primary Internet access. Oh well, it looks like Comcast has me right where they want me.
Sent from my IPhone > On Jan 8, 2016, at 7:32 PM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu <[email protected]> wrote: > > I can’t offer any opinion on the performance of the networks you’re on, > although it certainly sounds like the US has a pretty rough time of it when > it comes to fixed-line broadband competition. However, I can definitely say > that using mobile broadband as your primary Internet connectivity, while a > highly attractive proposition, comes with pitfalls. Unless you negotiate a > certain level of service, I’d say it made for no better than a secondary > option, in case the primary goes down. It is wireless, so theoretical speeds > will never be achievable in practice. You will have to get a “Mi-Fi” router > dedicated to the task of providing your connectivity, because using an iPhone > will probably prove frustrating (a five device limit, and frequent > disconnections as the phone tries to save power). Then you need to ensure > you have the tethering add-on and whatever data allowance you might need. > Finally, most mobile connectivity uses NAT, so you won’t be running any > server services, and you might experience less performance with peer-to-peer > applications. > > But, if you feel you want to, why not give it a try? It was fun for me while > I’m holiday—perhaps it’ll be fun for you the whole time. Indeed, I’ll go out > on a limb here and suggest that if you want to verify the efficacy of your > technology choices, you should go on holiday. :) > > Apple TV and Time Capsule can both function as wireless clients. Just join > them to your new network. Or, as you said, you could just peer-to-peer > stream to Apple TV, and continue to use AirPort for providing a non-connected > Wi-Fi and Ethernet network (you’ll have to disable the warnings). While > joined to a wireless network, AirPort’s Ethernet ports are useless. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
