[Husker] Alternative ways to see the Nebraska football games

Tue Aug 30 11:50:00 CDT 2011

I've cut cable, satellite, home phone.

For sporting events all I need is high-speed Internet and connect my laptop to my TV to stream ESPN3 (last year they streamed every bowl game). Every other channel ABC, CBS, FOX,  I pull in HD over the air.  True I don't have access to some events, but there are sports bars for those.

On Aug 30, 2011, at 11:33 AM, Aaron Wolfson <awolfson0 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Man, Mike, I've been waiting for a-la-carte television ever since I was old
> enough to understand what television was. And I agree with you completely;
> if it wasn't for live sports, I would cut the cord right now without a
> second thought. It's becoming an expensive habit. Cable and satellite are
> both major rackets at this point, probably trying to milk as much as they
> can before they become obsolete.
> 
> Also: do people still use hard-wired phones?
> 
> Aaron
> 
> 
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Mike Jaixen <mikejaixen at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> Sounds like Jay is one of those "cord-cutters" who have dropped cable and
>> satellite completely. It's becoming a growing trend, but right now, it's
>> impractical for sports fans because while there is a good infrastructure in
>> place via NetFlix, Hulu, and Apple for television programs, it's a hit and
>> mostly miss mishmash of technology for live events.
>> 
>> I do imagine that in 10 years, though, cable and DirecTV will be dinosaurs
>> for the most part.  It'll die harder and faster than hard-wired phones
>> because unlike cell phones, internet-based television delivery is going to
>> give you the same quality of communication eventually.  And when that
>> happens, $70+ a month cable bills are going to be a thing of the past once
>> people will have the ability to select their programming ala carte.
>> 
>> The Pac-12 and K-State are already heading this direction; their new
>> networks are online, not traditional cable networks.
>> 
>> 
>> Mike Jaixen
>> http://huskermike.blogspot.com
>> http://www.cornnation.com
>> 
>> 
>> ________________________________
>> From: "Killmar, John" <John.Killmar at STJUDE.ORG>
>> To: "husker at tssi.com" <husker at tssi.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 9:14 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Husker] Alternative ways to see the Nebraska football games
>> 
>> Jay, you're not just talking about a few football games this season.  This
>> season EVERY Husker football game will be on TV.  Most of the carriers will
>> not charge extra for you to get BTN.  Are you just watching football on an
>> over the air signal?  If so, you will probably only get to see a couple of
>> Husker football games on TV.
>> 
>> John Killmar
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf
>> Of Jay Schlechte
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 8:47 AM
>> To: Jim5417P at aol.com
>> Cc: husker at tssi.com
>> Subject: Re: [Husker] Alternative ways to see the Nebraska football games
>> 
>> In looking at the alternative ways, I don't think video.BTN.com will have
>> live football games and quite likely won't even have replays available.
>> Where this could be really nice is for volleyball and baseball.  This is
>> the blurb I ran into on the intro page (
>> http://video.btn.com/allaccess/index-splash.html):
>> 
>> "Welcome to the Big Ten Digital Network Your online home for Big Ten
>> Conference video content and entertainment. The Big Ten Digital Network
>> offers fans the largest schedule of online streaming video for Big Ten
>> athletic events. Over 500 exclusive live streaming of *NON-TELEVISED* events
>> direct from *BTN.com* covering basketball, baseball, soccer, volleyball and
>> more! PLUS, subscribers gain access to additional live and on-demand video
>> content from every Big Ten school."
>> Which is really unfortunate and annoying from my perspective.  I have no
>> desire to pay the necessary amounts of money for a satellite or cable TV
>> service just to see a few football games.  Good old fashioned radio over the
>> internet will have to do.  :) GBR,
>> 
>> Jay
>> 
>> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 3:13 PM, <Jim5417P at aol.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Mike,
>>> 
>>> Hopefully this note gets to you and you can share it with the list.
>>> 
>>> For the life of me I can not figure out how to post on the list.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> What I wanted to share is that there are some alternative ways to see
>>> the Nebraska games if you don't have satellite and your cable provider
>>> doesn't carry  the BTN.
>>> 
>>> Take a look at BTN2GO
>>> 
>>> or look at   Video.BTN.com <http://video.btn.com/>
>>> 
>>> Both of them are Internet options.
>>> 
>>> If you have a carrier (Sat. or Cable)  that carries the BTN but is not
>>> showing the Nebraska games you can sign onto BTN2GO and see the streaming
>>> broadcast.   This option is NOT available if your cable company  doesn't
>>> carry
>>> the BTN.
>>> 
>>> If you are in that position, then you can consider using
>>> Video.BTN.com<http://video.btn.com/>
>>> 
>>> Video.BTN is a fee based Internet service.  It is $14 per month or
>>> $114 per year for all of the B1G.  You can sign up for Nebraska only
>>> and  the annual fee is $79.
>>> 
>>> Only problem, right now they show NO game listings for Nebraska.  I
>>> think it is coming but I can't guarantee anything.  I sent a question
>>> to  the place on their website where they receive questions.  But they
>>> have not  given me any answers as of this time.
>>> 
>>> Hopefully this helps some of us.
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