My two cents. Anytime you stream to a phone you're using data of some kind.
The real question is if your phone is connected to wifi or not when you are
streaming programs. If it is, you'll just be pulling data in over the wifi
network. If not you'll be pulling data through your cell plan. Based on
your email it sounds like you plan to use a library hotspot, in which case
the actual data transfer will happen through the hotspot's data plan. If
that's the case you need to make sure the hotspot data plan supports that
level of streaming data and that the cell connection is strong enough to
support streaming. You also need to be certain that your phone is correctly
tethered to the hotspot so that it isn't inadvertently pulling the data in
through its regular data plan.

Best regards,

*Jason Bengtson*


On Sun, Jan 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM charles meyer <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> My esteemed listmates,
>
> I've Googled this and like others searches you can get mixed results.
>
> Everyone sounds like an authority on the net.
>
> Would anyone have checked this in the fact-checking world to know if
> you download the PBS app (or the live TV app) on to an Android cell
> phone to stream a PBS how over to an old TV with an HDMI port (TV
> being not 4K but 1080 - think Starsky & Hutch or The Gallant Men! :)
> to be received by a Roku Express if any of that uses that Android's
> cell phone data?
>
> I understand with live espn you must 1st be a paid scunibrer to some
> cable service to strea it to a Roku Express (device) but the I-net in
> this case would be provided by a library checked out hotspot.
>
> It's beginning to look a lot like MacGyver.... everywhere you go.
>
> Are sing-alongs allowed on this list?
>
> Or is it like crying in baseball?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Charles.
>
> Charlotte County Public Library
>