[Husker] Alternative ways to see the Nebraska football games

Quinn Coldiron qcoldir at yahoo.com
Thu Sep 1 06:06:14 CDT 2011 

I'd agree with the media addiction, and I also have a similar number of devices connected, but I see DirecTV being used less and less by the family.  My kids could not care less about the dish, but would die if I turned of netflix.  They range from pre-school to high school and prefer the classic cartoons and kids shows on netflix to the crap on TV now.  We have an Apple TV 2 on one of the TV's, the Wii with netflix on another and an internet equipped Sony TV that has netflix built in.  I have a projector for games/movies that is driven by a PC with netflix and an iPad with netflix.  We rent all our movies from iTunes on the Apple TV or the PC on the projector.

If not for live Huskers sports I'd drop the dish in a heartbeat.  Just waiting for another way to get the live games that are not over the air.

Q
 
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Quinn P. Coldiron


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From: Steven <jfpgroup at suddenlink.net>
To: husker at tssi.com; Melissa Ruth <mras72 at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 10:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Alternative ways to see the Nebraska football games

Man...this entire thread is crazy and out of control.  I was a TV 
producer for 23 years and managed a Cox system that did live 
news/sports, etc.  I have been a vice president of a large bank (over 
725 branches) for the last 8 years...don't ask me how...but I have only 
grown my media and communication addictions.  I have full blown 
cable/internet and home phone.
  I also have 5 kids still at home...3 I-pods...2 net books...2 PC's...1 
laptop...all internet connected.  My two teenage girls have cell phones 
with unlimited talk/text/web...My wife and I both have smart phones with 
unlimited everything...  I also live in Okla-where????  So I installed 
Direct TV in my bedroom for Husker games.  I also travel back and forth 
455 miles each way to Omaha to see my  oldest daughter and grand-kids 
and attend 3-4 Husker games live... This year, Washington, Michigan 
State and Iowa.
I love Husker football... I had tickets since I was 10 (1970)  then 
season tickets from 1985-2008. I have attended 183 of the 311 
sell-outs...plus nearly 80 away games and bowl games.  I also attend 
Husker baseball/volleyball and basketball games.

I guess we all have our price...and my wife never questions my Husker 
addiction....

GO BIG RED!!!!!!

Steven K
Class of 1983
Proud Member of the Oklahoma Cornhusker Club
http://www.okhuskers.com/





On 8/31/2011 10:25 AM, Mark Landin wrote:
> I will always have a landline while my kids live with us. If anyone
> needs to dial 911 I'm going to make it as easy as possible.
>
> On 8/30/11, Monty Perry<python3955 at hotmail.com>  wrote:
>> 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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