Problems with NBA League Pass Broadband and Online Sports Watching in General

[Mike-Dub]

Ok, during tonights C's vs. Kings game half way between the 2nd quarter my NBA League Pass Broadband started skipping a lot, so I had to watch it in a smaller view, but throughout the year I've been having annoying little problems like that with League Pass Broadband and was wondering if anyone on here has been having these problems. 

Also I use NHL Game Center Live which does just about the same thing.

What would you guys recomend me doing?

[barefacedmonk]

It's skips a few seconds at times...not very often. It usually happens when I watch the replay...rarely happens with the live feed though.

[Mike-Dub]

It's skips a few seconds at times...not very often. It usually happens when I watch the replay...rarely happens with the live feed though.

Do you think if I plugged my computer into a jack instead of using wireless it would work better?

[barefacedmonk]

It's skips a few seconds at times...not very often. It usually happens when I watch the replay...rarely happens with the live feed though.

Do you think if I plugged my computer into a jack instead of using wireless it would work better?

I don't think it has anything to do with your wireless. Try it though...nothing to lose.

[Mike-Dub]

It's skips a few seconds at times...not very often. It usually happens when I watch the replay...rarely happens with the live feed though.

Do you think if I plugged my computer into a jack instead of using wireless it would work better?

I don't think it has anything to do with your wireless. Try it though...nothing to lose.

Yeah mine as well.  You'd think for all the money we pay these leagues to watch games that they'd make their streams have no problems.

[ACF]

I've got the same problem, the worst part is when it happens in the final minute or so, sometimes you miss vital plays. Fix it, please 

[christuffa]

You'd think for all the money we pay these leagues to watch games that they'd make their streams have no problems.

Not that it's cool that your access isn't working property...but that's pretty funny from my point of view. For the past 3 years I've been watching international league pass. It has never really worked properly until this year when they changed the program used to broadcast. So happy with it now!

I would definitely try it on a hard line rather than wireless. Did you have it in single game view or quad? Could it have been downloading anything in the background? Any other programs running which could use up broadband?

Good luck!

[jarufu]

... and make sure that you've nothing else running in the background (a virus scan or something).  There are programs out there to stop programs running .. "end-it-all" is one that I remember from years ago ..

I'd imagine that if you talk to NBA they'll blame your ISP and vice-versa.  You could put a monitor on your bandwidth while watching a game to see if it's that too ..

[chambers]

i've also had to suffer the pain of international league pass broadband ever since it came out.
It was rather horrible even on blazing fast internet connections but i tolerated it throughout the regular season.
It became a joke over the finals though when there was maximum usage and their servers must've been overloaded because you couldn't watch a single game live. They would simply never load until 2 or 3 hours after the game when people had logged off.

It will improve more and more over time though and hopefully they'll go back to putting on classic games and other features.
I also hate not seeing the half time shows and listening to that horrid NBA elevator music during every time out or game break- i'd rather see the american commericials!

[jarufu]

i've also had to suffer the pain of international league pass broadband ever since it came out.
It was rather horrible even on blazing fast internet connections but i tolerated it throughout the regular season.
It became a joke over the finals though when there was maximum usage and their servers must've been overloaded because you couldn't watch a single game live. They would simply never load until 2 or 3 hours after the game when people had logged off.

It will improve more and more over time though and hopefully they'll go back to putting on classic games and other features.
I also hate not seeing the half time shows and listening to that horrid NBA elevator music during every time out or game break- i'd rather see the american commericials!

You're not alone with all of these issues .. it has gotten a bit better over time ( I can certainly watch a game live now where I couldn't before) but I do miss those commercials!

[Junkyard Dawg]

my LP skips a fair amount, too, last night was probably the worst I've seen it in a while. 

[Eeyore III]

I feel your pain.

I've noticed that sometimes the feed from one LP game is much worse than the feeds from the other games. 

And Kyle whats-his-face that does the halftime show ... Wake up!

[Mike-Dub]

... and make sure that you've nothing else running in the background (a virus scan or something).  There are programs out there to stop programs running .. "end-it-all" is one that I remember from years ago ..

I'd imagine that if you talk to NBA they'll blame your ISP and vice-versa.  You could put a monitor on your bandwidth while watching a game to see if it's that too ..

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You'd think for all the money we pay these leagues to watch games that they'd make their streams have no problems.

Not that it's cool that your access isn't working property...but that's pretty funny from my point of view. For the past 3 years I've been watching international league pass. It has never really worked properly until this year when they changed the program used to broadcast. So happy with it now!

I would definitely try it on a hard line rather than wireless. Did you have it in single game view or quad? Could it have been downloading anything in the background? Any other programs running which could use up broadband?

Good luck!
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Thx guys.  I'll try this out. TP's.