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Originally Posted by rsmurano

Check the spectrum/xfinity websites to see if you are covered. If it’s a new house, ask the builder what your options are. Look around for speeds and prices and if there is a data cap on internet. Spectrum has the slower speeds at $50 a month (200Mbps is slow) while I’m paying $80 a month for xfinity 1200Mb which includes the $15 rental fee for their modem/router and unlimited data, no cap.
Get fiber if you have an option, in the newer area south of 44 we didn’t have that option.
EVERY copper network which includes spectrum/xfinity has a slow upload speeds. A 200Mb network has a 10Mb upload speed while the 400/500/600Mb network speeds have 20Mb upload speeds while my 1200Mb (1G) has 30-40Mb upload speeds. Why I mention this is because if you stream tv and record to the cloud which most do, you can run out of upload capacity. The main reason I don’t use a streaming service is because we record up to 5 or 6 shows at 1 time and that would take up all the upload bandwidth. Plus, recordings are only kept for a few months. I have 1 off concerts/shows recorded from years ago and I can keep them forever if I want to.

Again with this claim???

I'll ask again, what do you use for "streaming" that requires the data to come to your home and then be sent out again for recording?

I have Hulu Live for streaming. There is NO bandwidth used when I record to their cloud DVR. I assume Youtube TV is the same but I haven't used it.