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Most people looking at this are not unhappy with the picture — they are unhappy with the bill, or the contract. Here is what actually changes when you move from a dish to streaming, including the parts that are worse.
The deciding factor is usually your broadband. If it is fast and stable, streaming is the better deal on almost every measure. If it drops out regularly, fix that first — or keep the dish, because no streaming service can work around an unreliable connection.
Not at the router, and not on your phone. Run a speed test on the actual device you will stream with.
Leaving a contract early usually costs. Work out whether waiting until it ends is cheaper.
Keep the dish for a month while you trial streaming. Cancel with evidence rather than optimism.
Saturday afternoon and weekday evenings are when networks are busiest. That is the honest test.
If your speed at the TV comes back low, that is a Wi-Fi problem rather than a broadband one in most houses — see Wi-Fi vs Ethernet. The broader cost comparison is on the cable vs streaming page.
No. Leave it where it is — it costs nothing to keep, and if you ever want to go back you will not need a new installation. Removing a dish is a job for a professional anyway, given it is usually at roof height.
Honestly, it depends on your broadband. Satellite is independent of your home network, which is a genuine advantage. Streaming is not affected by weather or a misaligned dish. Both fail occasionally, for different reasons — and streaming failures are usually fixable from the sofa.
Recordings on a satellite box stay on that box and are not transferable. If there is something on there you want to keep, deal with it before cancelling. Streaming catch-up works differently — it replays from the channel rather than storing on your hardware.
Yes, and plenty of people do exactly that, at least for a transition period. There is no technical conflict — the satellite box and a streaming stick simply use different HDMI inputs.
Around 10 Mbps per stream for HD, 20 for Full HD, and 35 to 50 for 4K where available. Measure at the TV rather than at the router, because Wi-Fi loses a surprising amount between the two.
A free trial costs nothing and takes ten minutes to set up. Run both, then decide with evidence.