Simply put: I bought a house across the street and 3 houses up from my mothers house. I haven't moved in yet and won't be moving in for another few months. I don't want to pay for internet when I only visit there a few hours a week. My brother lives upstairs at my mothers house and has internet. Here's my idea: get a range extender and connect it at my mothers house and put it near an upstairs window or even in the garage attic (no plaster walls / insulation to go through and would be about 20' closer). Use the Wi-Fi at my house for Chromecast / Netflix until I move in. Is that a pipe dream? In reality my house is about 120' North and 80' West of my mothers house. Using a 3,4,5 triangle with 90' and 120', the total distance would be about 150' away.
1) Would the signal be good enough to get enough data to use netflix or chromecast?
2) Would the cost of the extender (or whatever hardware I'd need) be more than just paying for internet for the next 6-8 months?
2a) I have to call Verizon, but does anyone know if I could I buy just internet now and then still be eligible for the triple play / bundle when I move in? (or is that promo just for 'new' customers?)
3) Is there a better way?
I don't want to be cheap, but I don't want to waste money either. I'm guessing that I could still use the range extender when I do move into the house, so it wouldn't be a total waste of money. I have a chromecast but haven't set it up yet. I never used it at my old house and I think I need a network to put it on so I haven't set it up at my new house. My daughter has a netflix account and said she can set it up at the new house when needed (I've never used netflix).
1) Would the signal be good enough to get enough data to use netflix or chromecast?
2) Would the cost of the extender (or whatever hardware I'd need) be more than just paying for internet for the next 6-8 months?
2a) I have to call Verizon, but does anyone know if I could I buy just internet now and then still be eligible for the triple play / bundle when I move in? (or is that promo just for 'new' customers?)
3) Is there a better way?
I don't want to be cheap, but I don't want to waste money either. I'm guessing that I could still use the range extender when I do move into the house, so it wouldn't be a total waste of money. I have a chromecast but haven't set it up yet. I never used it at my old house and I think I need a network to put it on so I haven't set it up at my new house. My daughter has a netflix account and said she can set it up at the new house when needed (I've never used netflix).
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