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How is League Pass Broadband?

just to let yall know

League pass broadband allows multiple computers to be logged in under the same user name at the same time,(I did this last year). therefore you guys can get togother and share the price and just share the username password details.
 
helifool said:
League pass broadband allows multiple computers to be logged in under the same user name at the same time,(I did this last year). therefore you guys can get togother and share the price and just share the username password details.
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Which one of us would be willing to be the host account and as such would have to possibly reveal his or her credit card information, home address, and real name to the other people he or she shares the account with? That's the problem with sharing. I know I wouldn't want to host, but I'm down for splitting costs.
 
helifool said:
League pass broadband allows multiple computers to be logged in under the same user name at the same time,(I did this last year). therefore you guys can get togother and share the price and just share the username password details.
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I would be careful with that though. This is the 4th or 5th year of Broadband and they may have snuck a clause in the TOS about cancelling shared accounts. Just read the fine print before agreeing on anything.
 
billyshelby said:
This is what sucks. The people who switch to DirectTV have to live with DSL where I live. For my life, DSL won't work. I'm dying to switch to DirectTV but I don't want to pay jacked up rates for cable internet on top of it. And since cable is somehow granted bizarre local monopolies, I only get one cable provider to choose from. That provider is Time Warner and I have violent dreams about them. Without the threat of competition, they can suck, they know that, they do suck, and they still get my money.
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Why do you have to have DSL? You can have cable. You just have to pay an extra amount for not having cable TV. That, or they just require you to have basic cable TV as well.
 
If you were to stream video's for free online, what website do you use? Is the quality pretty decent?
 
For those that might be interested I will be getting TV Package + Broadband this year as well, so I will be offering my broadband access to Jazz Fanz, like I did in the past.

I tried to pre-order it through TWC today and even that they quoted me for early bird special of $169 they couldn't put it in system "yet", so I will have to give them a call just before season starts. :rolleyes:

So if you're interested PM me...
 
Guitaro said:
Why do you have to have DSL? You can have cable. You just have to pay an extra amount for not having cable TV. That, or they just require you to have basic cable TV as well.
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I haven't checked in a while, but keeping cable internet and adding the comparable DirectTV package adds 50 dollars a month to the bottom line. Time Warner is smart enough to realize if they don't offer a premium savings for bundling cable and internet they'd see a massive exodus to Satellite. 2 years ago I threatened to leave and they chopped my bill down a little bit. I'll probably try that tactic again in the near future. I've learned all cable companies have customer retention departments. But the dream is for DirectTV to come up with something better than DSL partnerships. I was intrigued by the whole VIOS thing, but they don't offer that where I live.
 
The worst thing about League Pass, with or without Broadband access, is that every year (at least here in Idaho) the blackout zones are screwed up, and no one living on this planet seems to have any clue as to how to fix it. Not only that, but last year on LP Broadband (again in Idaho) we were blacked out of random games (like Minn v. LAL) from time to time, again without any explanation. Trying to reach anyone at League Pass Broadband to request a fix/explanation is beyond worthless. Using a little proxy client randomly "fixed" the problem, but at other times did nothing. Very frustrating. I just want to pay good money to watch the Jazz, and I should be able to, but neither my sat provider nor the NBA wants to take it (apparently). I note in reading the license agreement that they do not refund any unused portion of the season for any reason, so if this happens to you and you've already paid, you're just screwed.
 
billyshelby said:
I haven't checked in a while, but keeping cable internet and adding the comparable DirectTV package adds 50 dollars a month to the bottom line. Time Warner is smart enough to realize if they don't offer a premium savings for bundling cable and internet they'd see a massive exodus to Satellite. 2 years ago I threatened to leave and they chopped my bill down a little bit. I'll probably try that tactic again in the near future. I've learned all cable companies have customer retention departments. But the dream is for DirectTV to come up with something better than DSL partnerships. I was intrigued by the whole VIOS thing, but they don't offer that where I live.
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Is DSL really worse than cable internet where you live? Like I said in the other post, I've had both Road Runner (Time Warner Cable) and DSL and for my location (Hawaii) DSL is hands down better than Road Runner, it's not even debatable. During peak evening hours when everyone is online, Road Runner slows down to dial-up speeds...I personally would never go back to that crap. I don't envy your situation though...somehow I hope you get your internet situation squared away so you can get Directv...
 
akirac73 said:
Is DSL really worse than cable internet where you live? Like I said in the other post, I've had both Road Runner (Time Warner Cable) and DSL and for my location (Hawaii) DSL is hands down better than Road Runner, it's not even debatable. During peak evening hours when everyone is online, Road Runner slows down to dial-up speeds...I personally would never go back to that crap. I don't envy your situation though...somehow I hope you get your internet situation squared away so you can get Directv...
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I used to test my DSL speeds on those broadband test sites when I had it and it was always erratic. My cable speeds are consistently excellent. Maybe it's an LA/Hawaii thing. DSL might have improved, but I'm not going back until I see evidence of that. Time Warner is on double secret probation with me. I'm pretty close to DirectTV even with the bump. The only thing holding me back right now is I've got the entire season of Mad Men DVR'd and I want to get through this season until I make major changes.
 
I'm very curious to see if NBALP has significantly upgraded from last season. If not, I'm likely out of the purchase. Where the hell is the free preview? Sucks to them for not giving us FREE preseason previews on top of the usual first week of the regular season.

And for those recommending the streams available for free on the Net, most of the time, the quality and/or the availability suck.
 
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