What are good Internet speeds for a STR?

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With most people having their own streaming services, we don't plan to pay for cable. What are good Internet speeds for a STR that will have a few (3ish) TVs and one gaming console.

Thanks in advance,

Aaron

Michael Baum · Answer

Hahaha! So our internet speed at our lake house....12mb.

We are way out down lake 36 miles so it is pretty rural. DSL is all we can get.

So far it has been fine. No one has complained. We have no satellite TV service, just streaming.

They just upgraded the 2 pair so now 24mb might be doable, but I need to check.

I would love to have 100mb or more but it isn't really necessary for streaming and most other stuff like gaming.

We can stream off 3 TV's and browse the internet on the 12mb.

So if you can get 100mb or so for significantly less, then I would do that.

Now it will be different if you offer a working vacation options, then more would be better. Live Zoom meetings take quite a bit of bandwidth.

John Underwood · Answer

300 or 400 would be ok for a smaller house.

You can provide You Tube TV for cable and local channels so you don't look too cheap.

Andrew Steffens · Answer

I see you are in Orlando, so I imagine your options are Spectrum and maybe Fios

I usually go with 300 or 400 mbps depending on options and price (changes all the time).  Depending on the size of the home you will have a lot of people connected at one time and WFH post COVID is still a thing.

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