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There is still a problem in many rural areas were true high speed

internet is not available. Satellite internet has the problem of the FAP (fair access policy) that really does not allow streaming of anything longer than 15 or 20 minutes before the speed gets throttled back to near dial-up speed.
DSL has limitations with regard to distance to nearest hub that prevents rural homes from getting service and some of those areas have poor to non existent cell service. I lived in a very rural area of Scott County before I moved to Florida, my only access to ESPN was via Dish or Directv. Even over the air TV was limited to CBS and NBC. I had Hughesnet for internet, it did not support Netflix nor most any streaming service.
My point is there is still a large chunk of America where streaming video is not an option.

(In response to this post by Will Stewart)

Posted: 03/08/2016 at 2:14PM

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I don't know, this whole concept that we're all going to unplug & stream... -- Will Stewart

03/08/2016 1:40PM

Get rid of the can & string... -- marcbvtgm 03/11/2016 3:59PM

Re: I don't know, this whole concept that we're all going to unplug & stream... -- hokieone 03/11/2016 1:48PM

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Verizon will help drive this faster... -- vtjonboy 03/09/2016 3:25PM

I tend to agree. -- mancunian 03/09/2016 1:52PM

#1 issue in the USA is that our conductivity sucks, I travel extensively -- anotherdamnyankeehokie 03/09/2016 11:48AM

Re: #1 issue in the USA is that our conductivity sucks, I travel extensively -- Muddywolf 03/09/2016 5:54PM

It's embarrassing how far behind the US is in this department. ** -- chuckd4vt 03/09/2016 11:52AM

I'm a tweener - so I'm looking at both sides... -- The_VT_Rock 03/09/2016 11:48AM

Our kids are mid-20's, just starting out, little disposable income -- daveinop 03/09/2016 3:21PM

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Sports is my only REAL problem. For big games I go to a friend's or a bar. -- chuckd4vt 03/09/2016 11:13AM

I will not spend thousands of $ for a good picture, however, -- Atlee Hokie 03/11/2016 09:05AM

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Will, here's an interesting article on this topic -- MBHokie90 03/09/2016 08:36AM

Cut the cord a month ago, so far so good... -- HokieNoMaterWhat 03/09/2016 08:04AM

You are watching games on your watch? Or even a smart phone? -- Atlee Hokie 03/11/2016 09:11AM

How do you have WatchESPN authorization? ** -- Femoyer Hokie 03/09/2016 10:37AM

Mine is through SlingTV over a Roku stick -- Barrett 03/09/2016 11:46AM

Do you find the picture quality for games better on Sling or WatchESPN? ** -- Femoyer Hokie 03/09/2016 12:00PM

Watch ESPN seems to do better than Sling -- Barrett 03/11/2016 11:18AM

Mine is thru Sling as well, but I use watchespn -- HokieNoMaterWhat 03/10/2016 11:15AM

That's because you're over 50. The world is moving mighty fast... -- jesuisvtguy 03/08/2016 11:06PM

I was going to down vote you for the age discrimination... -- IB4TECH 03/09/2016 09:19AM

WatchESPN doesn't get the same investment that Hulu or Netflix does: -- TVLander 03/08/2016 10:59PM

Hulu and Netflix both have a noticeable dropoff from our cable -- daveinop 03/09/2016 08:52AM

I liken this to expecting Blue Ray when all you have is a BETA VCR player ** -- Calamitous 03/08/2016 6:03PM

While it appears that we may have a long way to go before -- VTHokie2000 03/08/2016 4:26PM

A few things... -- MBHokie90 03/08/2016 3:56PM

On #4... -- VTBB 03/08/2016 5:08PM

Good response... Thanks! -- MBHokie90 03/09/2016 08:35AM

For "real time sports coverage" could the differences in the codecs -- VTHokie2000 03/08/2016 5:36PM

I don't have that problem -- ahokie4u 03/08/2016 3:21PM

+1 for Roku. Much better experience than say Apple TV or Chromecast ** -- HokieHollar 03/09/2016 06:38AM

You must have the worst cable provider in history... -- VTBB 03/08/2016 4:56PM

That may be -- ahokie4u 03/08/2016 10:20PM

Sunday my internet was out for a couple of hours -- ahokie4u 03/08/2016 3:28PM

Not all but #s show it is happening more and more -- Colonel Jessup 03/08/2016 2:58PM

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Even with a good connection, the streaming games do look different. -- reestuart 03/08/2016 2:43PM

It's because they are way over-compressed -- VTBB 03/08/2016 4:43PM

Yeah, I don't think they look all that bad, but at the same time -- reestuart 03/09/2016 08:20AM

There is still a problem in many rural areas were true high speed -- seekoHoG 03/08/2016 2:14PM

There is still a problem in many rural areas were true high speed

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