Spark Sport
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@mariner4life the only sport I actually prefer listening to than watching live.
I loves me Test cricket but one day at the actual match is enough, but I'll gladly have the radio on for all 5.
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@No-Quarter said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
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OK I accept my POV is coloured by the fact I had no issues on Saturday night but I do think there's been a massive over-reaction to Sparks problems.
I mean anytime there's any fucking drizzle about there's a high probability you'll lose your Sky feed. Spark also did have a Plan B in place and initiated it although it seems that they have communicated this better.
Yep - it's a perspective thing. New and Scary means anything less than perfect has the media frothing at the mouth ... while Sky dropping out from time to time is just part of the service.
The fail where I was on Saturday was annoying but not consequential -we didn't lose any of the game, just paused for 2-3 seconds and then dropped quality.
You are and will see the same thing with driverless cars. They get held to a way higher standard even though they are already far safer than the average idiot behind the wheel.
And they're waaay safer for suicide bombers!
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@Chris-B said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@No-Quarter said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@nzzp said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@dogmeat said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
OK I accept my POV is coloured by the fact I had no issues on Saturday night but I do think there's been a massive over-reaction to Sparks problems.
I mean anytime there's any fucking drizzle about there's a high probability you'll lose your Sky feed. Spark also did have a Plan B in place and initiated it although it seems that they have communicated this better.
Yep - it's a perspective thing. New and Scary means anything less than perfect has the media frothing at the mouth ... while Sky dropping out from time to time is just part of the service.
The fail where I was on Saturday was annoying but not consequential -we didn't lose any of the game, just paused for 2-3 seconds and then dropped quality.
You are and will see the same thing with driverless cars. They get held to a way higher standard even though they are already far safer than the average idiot behind the wheel.
And they're waaay safer for suicide bombers!
and now we are on ANOTHER watch list
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@mariner4life Just pointing out why they are a long way from ever becoming a thing.
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@Chris-B said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@mariner4life Just pointing out why they are a long way from ever becoming a thing.
maybe not as far as you think, at least in some inner-city restricted areas.
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@mariner4life Probably not - but, I don't think I'll be investing in them.
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@Chris-B said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@mariner4life Just pointing out why they are a long way from ever becoming a thing.
Surely it's much cheaper to get a drone and put your bomb on that than buy an expensive self driving car.
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@Chris-B said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@mariner4life Probably not - but, I don't think I'll be investing in them.
of course not, you don't even have internet. One step at a time aye?
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@Nepia said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@Chris-B said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@mariner4life Just pointing out why they are a long way from ever becoming a thing.
Surely it's much cheaper to get a drone and put your bomb on that than buy an expensive self driving car.
cheaper? Ask the US military...
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@Nepia said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@Chris-B said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@mariner4life Just pointing out why they are a long way from ever becoming a thing.
Surely it's much cheaper to get a drone and put your bomb on that than buy an expensive self driving car.
Buy?
Aren't you from Hastings?
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@mariner4life said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@Nepia said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@Chris-B said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@mariner4life Just pointing out why they are a long way from ever becoming a thing.
Surely it's much cheaper to get a drone and put your bomb on that than buy an expensive self driving car.
cheaper? Ask the US military...
I was keeping with the suicide bomber theme so was thinking of those ones you buy in camera shops more so than the tricked out US ones.
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.@Chris-B said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@Nepia said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@Chris-B said in And the winner of the RWC broadcasting rights is...:
@mariner4life Just pointing out why they are a long way from ever becoming a thing.
Surely it's much cheaper to get a drone and put your bomb on that than buy an expensive self driving car.
Buy?
Aren't you from Hastings?
Flaxmere man, I think people from Hastings "city" still buy stuff?
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It's starting to look like Spark have their streaming services working fine at a technical level having ironed out some of the kinks but the problems now lie (as predicted by many) with infrastructure and ISPs.
For starters anyone not on Fibre is going to cop some issues stemming from heavy demand. This could be at the home itself (other family members trying to watch something else while the rugby is on) and/or at the cabinet (or even ISP). We all remember those days where everything slowed down as neighbourhood kids arrived home from school and watched HD clips on YouTube. Well Sunday afternoon, parents want some peace and quiet at the end of the weekend and the kids dive on their tablets. Also anyone on WiFi and using their 2.4 band to cast to the TV are likely to get interference and buffering as someone starts using the microwave or using their cordless landline. All things that you often wouldn't notice except when intensely watching live sport (which you may be used to seeing in full HD)
To an extent this is also going to happen with some ISPs on Fibre as well as their switching equipment at the exchange gets heavily loaded. I bet that if you did a speedtest while the rugby is on you won't be getting the same speeds as normal.
What this comes back to is whether such a high demand event should have been the one to try and create a new way (for most people) with.
