08-10-2017, 01:50 PM
Fun stuff to think about but there's a lot of pitfalls in the theory to research.
At some point you are going to have technical issues that will need to be dealt with locally. Like say your router or cable modem needs to be reset. As soon as that happens you need someone to reboot your router locally. Although with a decent router or cable modem you can automate the reset each night. Still if there is a game between the time your connection goes bad and the next reset you are without the game.
The reason that I know this is because I know someone that does this. They are from Nevada and summer up here and they access their slingbox from up here but at times they have a neighbor who has to go in and reboot their stuff. Not often, but from time to time. However, it does work. For a single connection across their gateway - see next paragraph.
Also are you talking about a single rental unit with multiple sling boxes so that you guys can pare down the cost of a rental? I'd assume you would have one internet connection account and everyone connecting to their slingbox through that connection. First, that's going to be a significant amount of bandwidth across a consumer access so not sure that will work great. Second, if Sling was smart they built technology around limiting connections coming from the same gateway.
It is an interesting idea and something that I might be able to help with in a number of ways if it is viable. I have a rental studio that I share with another band. My share of the rent is $37.75/mo and we are looking into getting dedicated internet in that studio (the internet provided by the building is terrible because multiple people streaming and accessing - goes to my point above) We would be getting business class internet piped in but, since it isn't a residence or a unit with an individually billable address there are some steps that need to get figured out. If it can even be done. But if it CAN be done I would be local to be able to do any work that needs to be done on site... Because with internet service there always is something.
At some point you are going to have technical issues that will need to be dealt with locally. Like say your router or cable modem needs to be reset. As soon as that happens you need someone to reboot your router locally. Although with a decent router or cable modem you can automate the reset each night. Still if there is a game between the time your connection goes bad and the next reset you are without the game.
The reason that I know this is because I know someone that does this. They are from Nevada and summer up here and they access their slingbox from up here but at times they have a neighbor who has to go in and reboot their stuff. Not often, but from time to time. However, it does work. For a single connection across their gateway - see next paragraph.
Also are you talking about a single rental unit with multiple sling boxes so that you guys can pare down the cost of a rental? I'd assume you would have one internet connection account and everyone connecting to their slingbox through that connection. First, that's going to be a significant amount of bandwidth across a consumer access so not sure that will work great. Second, if Sling was smart they built technology around limiting connections coming from the same gateway.
It is an interesting idea and something that I might be able to help with in a number of ways if it is viable. I have a rental studio that I share with another band. My share of the rent is $37.75/mo and we are looking into getting dedicated internet in that studio (the internet provided by the building is terrible because multiple people streaming and accessing - goes to my point above) We would be getting business class internet piped in but, since it isn't a residence or a unit with an individually billable address there are some steps that need to get figured out. If it can even be done. But if it CAN be done I would be local to be able to do any work that needs to be done on site... Because with internet service there always is something.
