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Yessss!!!! Netflix on Roku box WORKS on Evo in 3G on Hotspot

I can't believe it even fully connected, but it actually streams smooth after what seemed to be a "downshift" after the first and only glitch. I tried everything to even get anything working with the Roku box on my TP2, using all the WiFiRouter's I could find, including the paid one.

Here are the steps I went through. I started the Hotspot, and Roku couldn't even see the phone (at least I had got the Roku to see and try connecting to the TP2). I then tried entering the Router Name (SSID) of the Hotspot manually, but it still didn't see it. The Security was set to "WPA (TKIP)". So I changed the security to "WPA2 (AE5)", and it showed on the Roku and hooked right up. All 3 lines on the Roku went green. I never got past 1 or 2 green dots in the connection process with the TP2.

I then clicked to play an old Al Pacino movie, "And Justice for All" I think it was called. It played about a minute after a rather long load time, maybe almost 2 minutes. It only played a minute or so, then while it was loading some more, there was kind of a "shift" on the screen, like something "changed gears". When it started playing again, the picture and sound were fine, if not the absolute highest quality, perfectly acceptable. What's more, in 7-8 minutes, there were no glitches. I started to wonder if the phone had started "channeling" the WiFi from my cable wireless. So I left the movie running, and unplugged my wireless router, and let the movie run 10 more minutes or so.

Then I stopped the movie, and started Dirty Harry. Again, up to 2 minutes for the initial loadup, but then it ran perfect, with no glitches on sound or picture, no "artifacts", etc. I let it run for over 10 minutes.

AGAIN, FOLKS, SMOOTH NETFLIX THROUGH ROKU ON 3G WORKS!!!!!!!

I need to find a way to use this monster to feed all my TV's, and ditch cable altogether.

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