[Husker] FW: Alternative ways to see the Nebraska football games

Monty Perry python3955 at hotmail.com
Tue Aug 30 22:38:17 CDT 2011 

My Cell bill is $114 for MY phone. My kids add on phone is around $60..My Landline is about $54 and it works in any room, not just where the charger is. Plus I can shut off my ringer for a set amount of hours, to block the telemarketers out, and still get my call to work at 1-5 in the morning! Life is good! Landline is good. Cell Phone is good in my pocket.....Don't wear it to bed...too many text messages and updates to deal with. 
Monty

> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:58:08 -0400
> From: gobigredlist at gmail.com
> To: mikejaixen at yahoo.com
> CC: husker at tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [Husker] Alternative ways to see the Nebraska football games
> 
> No way I would subscribe to a landline phone.  What would you use one for? I
> have a family plan and put an extra line on it with a free cell phone that
> just sits there.  Allows me to have a home phone number, since I never give
> out my cell number.  Reception is fine, but no one ever uses it.  Costs $10
> a month.  Attached it via bluetooth to a Panasonic device with 3 handsets
> around the house if you want to have it emulate a landline, but I wouldn't
> do that again because no one ever uses it.  I often just forward the home
> number to my cell so I don't have to check it for messages.
> 
> Dave
> 
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Mike Jaixen <mikejaixen at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Absolutely I use a hard-wired phone.  If I ever had to choose between a
> > cell phone and the hard-wired phone, I'd choose the hard-wired one for one
> > basic reason:  they work.
> >
> > Dead batteries, low reliability, bad signals, crummy sound quality... you
> > name it.  Every cell phone I've experienced is a piece of crap in terms of a
> > voice communication tool.  Even Apple hasn't figured out how to make one
> > work for voice communication.  The new iPhone and Droid phones do some
> > amazing things in terms of going online and getting information to you.  But
> > at it's core, it's still a piece of garbage in terms of a phone.
> >
> >
> > Mike Jaixen
> > http://huskermike.blogspot.com
> > http://www.cornnation.com
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Aaron Wolfson <awolfson0 at gmail.com>
> > To: Mike Jaixen <mikejaixen at yahoo.com>
> > Cc: "Killmar, John" <John.Killmar at stjude.org>; "husker at tssi.com" <
> > husker at tssi.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 11:33 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Husker] Alternative ways to see the Nebraska football games
> >
> >
> > 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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