No matter what you’ve heard, the sun doesn’t always shine on TV. In fact, the sun can cause your TV to go dark.

Some call it fall, and some call it autumn. But in the South, we refer to the time of year when leaves change color and temperatures retreat to comfortable digits as college football season.

Are you getting the value you want from your traditional TV provider?

No, say the 80+ percent of U.S. consumers whose households now subscribe to at least one paid streaming video service. When you tack on all the channels you don’t want but still have to pay for, plus the fees broadcasters charge for channels that are free over the air, that figure will only grow.

More television viewers than ever are getting their news, sports and entertainment through streaming apps over their home internet connection instead of from traditional cable or satellite TV.

What makes all this streaming possible is broadband internet delivered by lightning-fast fiber optic cables, like the gigabit C Spire Fiber that keeps your home connected. But figuring out how to choose among all the streaming services can be a hassle.

There’s nothing like working from home to really put your internet to the test. Whether you’re at home full time, or just need the capacity to fill in the gaps occasionally at night or on weekends, you’ll find that all internet is not created equally.

Life doesn’t get much lazier than a long weekend in the dog days of summer. But it’s not chill for everything. While your calendar is empty and you’re splitting your time between the couch and the pool, your internet is doing the heavy lifting.