While it's a unique situation, I have to agree with Juan on this.
Every so often my Aunt and Uncle, in their late 70s, ask me about streaming. They are the only Dish Network subscribers I know personally, everyone else I know who had Dish cancelled years ago. I can't remember what Dish package they have, but they subscribe to Verizon granny DSL which is I think 3 or 5 Mbps, fed out of a remote terminal for $30/month. They can't get anything faster from Verizon.
I told them there is no way their DSL service can handle streaming, especially on two TVs simultaneously when my aunt wants to watch her Food Network shows and my uncle wants to watch his hunting shows. They would have to switch to Spectrum and the extra $50/month for Spectrum internet pretty much negates any savings or makes it to where the final cost is so close it's not worth switching over to something new. Plus they get a bundling discount for bundling their cell phone and POTS service with their DSL, so the landline and mobile service would go up.
With being reliant on the internet for everything, they don't like the idea of no landline and no TV service when the power goes out as Spectrum does not provide backed up nodes in this area.
My aunts brother, around the same age maybe a few years younger, has no cell phone and no internet as he doesn't have a computer. He has a Spectrum TV Choice with 1 box and Showtime and pays around $110/month after franchise fees. He asked me about streaming and right off the bat it's not worth it for him since he'd be spending $80 for internet, which he never had before.
So yes, in some situations the cost of internet needs to be factored in.
