Stretch Internet

[pitsmokers]

Is anyone impressed with Stretch Internet? I bought the $40 pass in order to watch the SFA game, thinking I would be able to take advantage of it for the rest of the season, but am not a fan of it.

Take the YSU game...I wasn't able to "watch" it live due to a schedule conflict, but apparently I could have only listened to it. But, if you go via YSU's portal, you can watch the game. Does that make sense? I don't care if I have to listen to YSU commentators...I just want to watch the game.

A lot of the games are "listen only". I guess I was expecting more viewing, so I think it's a rip-off. During the IA State game, I tried to listen, but there were technical difficulties for 20-25 minutes (not my issue). They fixed it, and I did request a refund (per their policy), but they never responded (I emailed them a couple of times).

Am I missing something?

[Trapped in California]

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Is anyone impressed with Stretch Internet? I bought the $40 pass in order to watch the SFA game, thinking I would be able to take advantage of it for the rest of the season, but am not a fan of it.

Take the YSU game...I wasn't able to "watch" it live due to a schedule conflict, but apparently I could have only listened to it. But, if you go via YSU's portal, you can watch the game. Does that make sense? I don't care if I have to listen to YSU commentators...I just want to watch the game.

A lot of the games are "listen only". I guess I was expecting more viewing, so I think it's a rip-off. During the IA State game, I tried to listen, but there were technical difficulties for 20-25 minutes (not my issue). They fixed it, and I did request a refund (per their policy), but they never responded (I emailed them a couple of times).

Am I missing something?

The YSU game video was available - with crappy audio feed from YSU announcers. I mean techincal quality crappy, sounding like the feed was taken off a $7 AM radio.

Stretch provides the pipes, the schools provide the content and pricing.

[JayJ79]

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Stretch provides the pipes, the schools provide the content and pricing.

do the schools really set the prices?

[Trapped in California]

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I am certain that:

1. Stretch suggests what the market will bear
2. charges on per subscriber basis
3. school can make it free if they want to

From stretch's site

With Stretch, you can choose to pick up the tab and make your video broadcasts available to an unlimited number of viewers for free... and we now offer unlimited video packages for most schools and organizations! Or, you can offer events on a pay-per-view basis and earn a significant share of the proceeds. It’s up to you! Contact us for the latest pricing and options.

[Panther-at-Arms]

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For the YSU game I just opened another window with the UNI audio feed and muted the YSU announcers. Worked great.

I've noticed they don't respond to emails very well.

As far as the audio only games, if we are playing somewhere that doesn't have their feed you can't really expect them to magically provide it.

All in all, its much better than what we used to have.

[ubuntuCAT]

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I think it would be great to see the Valley come up with one service provider for the entire conference. And then allow people to buy packages that include all their teams home games and away conference games. Or even a package for all conference games... Lots of other Valley matchups I would watch.

[Trapped in California]

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I was talking about this with my wife the other night. We both spent time overseas during college in the early 90s. We were comparing what we went through vs what people have as options today.

I received the 1990 UNI-Iowa game played in the UNIDOME on 01/03/90 on a VHS tape in early February. I had 50 people watching the game with me at a Japanese college, as all the US students were starved for US sports. BTW - there was only one other person there from the state of Iowa (a UI student of all things). Now I could have watched it realtime via an internet stream (or at least heard it via an audio feed). And it would have had a hard time getting anyone else interested, as they all have access to other sources.

I would love if the UNI feed had replays, audio in sync, multiple camera angles, etc. However, I am grateful just to have the opportunity escape for 2-4 hours during a game.

[pitsmokers]

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The YSU game video was available - with crappy audio feed from YSU announcers. I mean techincal quality crappy, sounding like the feed was taken off a $7 AM radio.

Stretch provides the pipes, the schools provide the content and pricing.

Hmm...if I look at the On Demand tab, I still only see the "Listen" option. Maybe video was available during the actual game time, but I don't see why it wouldn't be archived for me to watch it later that day.

Here's how it breaks down per Stretch...5 games I can watch, 6 games I can listen to. I know it's better than nothing, but I guess I expected too much to watch the away games. Shoulda looked more carefully.

North Dakota State - Listen/Watch
Stephen F. Austin - Listen/Watch
at Iowa State - Listen
South Dakota State - Listen/Watch
at Southern Illinois - Listen
at South Dakota - Listen
Illinois State - Listen/Watch
at Youngstown State - Listen
at Indiana State - Listen
Missouri State - Listen/Watch
at Western Illinois - Listen

[Trapped in California]

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The video was YSU feed - if they shared it once, I don't know why they wouldn't share it again. Strange.

[pitsmokers]

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Here's what the support said:

Since YSU has the copyright to that video, Northern Iowa is not authorized to post it in its archives, unfortunately.

So, I guess if ya snooze, ya lose.

[DomeRanger Posse]

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Is anyone else having an issue trying to connect with the stretch feed tonight? It has the coverage start time listed as 6 PM, but I was able to get the KILJ feed off their website in order to listen to the pregame.

Interestingly, I thought I was listening to a different set of personalities when I first tuned in. The broadcast quality of Mt. Pleasant's AM station website was clear, free of distortion and distraction, and actually made Gary and Petey sound better, hell almost fifteen years younger compared to the stretch feed.

[9YRPLAN]

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my radio is terrible tonight...is there a free online feed anywhere?

[DomeRanger Posse]

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Try KILJ. Outstanding quality, even better than the feed from Stretch.

[9YRPLAN]

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its not blacked out?

[DomeRanger Posse]

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Not yet.

boom.