Streaming Netflix without wifi or hotspot?

I travel in my camper and have unlimited data also and I use my iPhone/iPad to stream and just connect with a dongle direct to the TV - about a 20 foot cable I can sit almost anywhere in the camper and control the screen. Unfortunately the ATV has been designed and marketed as a streaming device I don't think we'll see the ATV work without a network connection...

but if enough people send feedback, it may be something Apple looks into...

http://www.apple.com/feedback/

Welcome to the Apple Community.

The Apple TV 4 is very much built around the internet, it needs an internet connection every time it is turned on (although it may in cases be subsequently turned off). It would be extremely difficult to use it in your situation, if indeed you were able to use it at all. I wouldn't take the idea any further if I were you.

I have the ATT grandfathered plan as well and the 64GB ATV4, an Airport Express and an iPhone6S and was going to try and make your idea work to see if it would. It sounded great until I thought about it more. I believe the flaw is the idea that you could set up a network, connect the iPhone, ATV4 and AirPlay Netflix to the ATV. Once you direct the iPhone to connect to the WiFi, it looses its cellular data connection and does not bridge one network to the other.

You are out of luck...

I do not think it is a technical problem for Apple, it's more of an emotional one. If they did, they would have some angry carriers and cable companies. The carrier would not get the hotspot fee and many cable carriers would loose the business. The customers would love it!

I think Protodd has the cheapest solution and in a trailer or rv the cable should fill your requirements to watch Netflix on the big screen. I bet it will be alot more reliable and easier to maintain and the best part is you use unlimited data and it does not cost you a penny more.

In life, that is usually why problems can't be solved or are expensive to solve and really don't ever really get solved: WAY over-thinking this.

Buy the Digital AV Adapter, a nice long HDMI cable off of Amazon and some popcorn and sit back and enjoy.

Just make sure the usher keeps everyone from tripping on the cable. If you get one long enough, maybe you can route it hidden off the floor.

Otherwise it's movie night in the RV complements of AT+T, Netflix, and iPhone5S. Also note the AV Adapter includes a piggyback lightning port which allows the phone to charge.