Use of Apple TV Device with T-Mobile Hotspot

I live in a rural area where the local municipality has given a long-term, exclusive contract to only one cable TV provider. This company has a monopoly over cable TV service, but not re Internet service and telephone service. However, other companies have refused to wire the town since the eventual arrival of 5G will not not allow those costs to be recovered.


Company X has monopoly pricing power. Under the terms of the contract, the town has no regulatory authority over pricing. Company X has been dramatically raising rates for everything: cable TV, Internet access, and VOIP phone service.


I am trying to cut the cord, particularly re cable TV service and Internet access. I have the temporary use of a T-Mobile Hotspot, and it is fine for streaming to my phone and laptop.


At present, my Apple TV device is cabled into the TV modem. The T-Mobile Hotspot has no cable ports


Is there a way to allow the T-Mobile Hotspot to "talk to" my Apple TV device so as to allow me access to the streaming options available on the Apple TV?


Are there other devices similar to the T-Mobile Hotspot that will allow me to do what I wish?


UC1975

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Posted on Mar 14, 2020 12:10 PM

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Mar 14, 2020 5:28 PM in response to UC1975

The Apple TV wants to (and should) connect to a home network. It doesn’t matter to the Apple TV how that home network gets internet access; through cable, copper, satellite, or through a mobile hotspot.

Mobile hotspots may be capped for total monthly bandwidth use, and TV uses a lot. T-Mobile may not like it when users consume that much data daily, and that will be monitored. T-Mobile may have a fair use policy on bandwidth use, or restrictions on use for tethered devices.

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