Recent comments in /f/RhodeIsland

Silentjosh37 t1_ja4pni7 wrote

That wouldn't be a "bandwidth limitation" and is against Net neutrality rules. Also none of the providers in the state have any throttling or data caps especially the ones who offer video services. That may be different with cell providers but they don't tend to offer video services.

This sounds like there might be something else going on. Especially if they are trying to cast to a TV and they have adblocking setup on their WiFi and it is causing an issue with the stream since it can't load an ad or something. Happens all the time if you have advanced features on your WiFi.

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devinmarieb t1_ja4oke3 wrote

Yeah for sure. I’ve lived in 5 states (Colorado too) and two other countries on two other continents. New England isn’t my absolute favorite, but it does have a quaint vibe, and if you have even middle class money, it’s wonderful. RI is just south enough that winters aren’t terrible (we barely got snow this year). If you’re young, living right near downtown Providence or in Newport might be super fun, but if you consider buying in the future, there’s so many cute small towns that are still not far from everything. Honestly in the summer, all the cute little villages in the small coastal towns are just as popular as “the city.” IMO, one year is not enough time to do everything and make a decision about staying long term or not. Like I said, Boston, the Cape, NYC, the mountains and coastal Maine are all things you’d probably want to check out too.

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Silentjosh37 t1_ja4nbxs wrote

Not really something they can do. A provider can't block streaming apps to force you to buy it through them. They do need to adhere to the local blackout restrictions. But that shouldn't be the case here.

You are not required to use a provider for content in place of a linear channel on their service.

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