You may want to call CenturyLink directly and verify the service that is available. If you can only get 15 megabits per second download then it would appear you are in an area still serviced by the older DSL protocol over copper wires, as opposed to other areas that are serviced with fiber-to-the-house. Regardless, 15 megabits per second is more than enough for 1080p Hi-Def with Netflix as it only consumes 3-5 megabits per second of bandwidth. Also, Netflix is adaptive and will reduce the resolution of the video if it detects buffering caused by reduced bandwidth. However, this should not be an issue for you. You probably would not have enough bandwidth for 2160p (aka 4K ) as it generally consumes 15-20 megabits per second of bandwidth. This isn't really an issue, IMO, because there isn't a lot of 4K material, you need a 4K TV and streaming hardware that supports 4K, and the differences between 1080p and 4K are small.
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Originally Posted by Choro&Swing
I’ve just clicked on your link and got a page offering UP TO 100 Mbps for $50 a month, for life, as you said. That sounds great. But it asked me to type in my address in The Villages for more information about the speed, and I got a page saying that at that address, I would only get 15 Mbps. Is that what you are actually getting? Is that enough for live streaming Netflix without delays?
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