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Originally Posted by rcentros
What if you've got ancient DSL service and you know you're neighbor has 1 GB cable connection and an Echo. Can you unplug your DSL modem and stream on your neighbor's service?
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No. The maximum bandwidth that the neighbor's Echo will allow for all sidewalk usage combined is 80Kbps. And typical bandwidth usage will be much lower than that. That is a tiny amount, not at all useful for streaming and would be annoyingly slow even for web browsing.
Not that you would even be able to web browse since Amazon is limiting the types of devices that it will allow on the Sidewalk network to things like light bulbs and tracking fobs.
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Originally Posted by rcentros
What if you didn't pay your bill and don't have any Internet service at all, but you have a registered Echo and your neighbor has an Echo? After all, your "service" is technically "down," right?
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Your Echo is not going to connect through your neighbor's Echo. That is not what this is for.
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Originally Posted by rcentros
And what about a family trying to get along on capped Internet service (like that provided by AT&T) who all stream different services and are constantly on the edge of overcharges?
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With the low bandwidth usage of Sidewalk there will be few cases where it puts someone over the edge of a usage cap, but yes, it could happen.
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Originally Posted by rcentros
Is Amazon responsible for paying those?
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Of course not.