I was thinking like the Travel thread, we could use a Technology thread. I thought the thread might be more useful than just our lounge type area where things get lost and fade back in time. Cell phone questions, internet carriers, etc.
Sadly as I age, things that would have come naturally to me seem to be more difficult, so I wanted somewhere to ask those types of questions. I can still program a VCR, for what it's worth though.
My current question, to start us off, is does it even matter who you run your cable through for internet/Wi-Fi/etc. services?
We've been on Shaw for a long time but my modem is quite old and underperforming so I'm finally at the point of having to do something. Not been on a contract for quite some time just paying my old rate. Still have my cable boxes for the televisions circa 2005 so they've done their time (I own them, rather than rent them). One or two of our TV's will still need a box of sorts as they're older but still very functional.
Honestly don't care about cable packages/standard television other than watching sports, mostly hockey, some football. So should I just "cut the cable" and have only an iSP? What are your choices for that? Shaw/Rogers (which seems fated to be just Rogers in no time at all) or Bell. Is Starlink a viable option?
What are folks smarter than me doing?
Sadly as I age, things that would have come naturally to me seem to be more difficult, so I wanted somewhere to ask those types of questions. I can still program a VCR, for what it's worth though.
My current question, to start us off, is does it even matter who you run your cable through for internet/Wi-Fi/etc. services?
We've been on Shaw for a long time but my modem is quite old and underperforming so I'm finally at the point of having to do something. Not been on a contract for quite some time just paying my old rate. Still have my cable boxes for the televisions circa 2005 so they've done their time (I own them, rather than rent them). One or two of our TV's will still need a box of sorts as they're older but still very functional.
Honestly don't care about cable packages/standard television other than watching sports, mostly hockey, some football. So should I just "cut the cable" and have only an iSP? What are your choices for that? Shaw/Rogers (which seems fated to be just Rogers in no time at all) or Bell. Is Starlink a viable option?
What are folks smarter than me doing?