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NBA League Pass Broadband uses P2P

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Porkylicious, Oct 29, 2008.

  1. Porkylicious

    Porkylicious Member

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    :( I'm watching raptors vs 76ers on nba league broadband now and notice i'm upload like 130 kb/sec. Apparently NBA league pass installs octoshape.exe on your system and it's a P2P program that they are using to distribute the feed to other ppl watching to save bandwidth :mad:

    heads up for ppl that have a bandwidth cap limit or something :(
     
  2. Omer

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    Nice, I was wondering why it just asked me to install the Octoshape plugin.
     
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    yeah, I noticed that yesterday when I was testing the account. My bandwidth was being sucked dry, could not figure what program was doing it until i realized these cheap bastards were doing an upload simultaneously.

    they should reduce the damn price . . . .
     
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    Im not uploading. Just d/ling. Then agian i dont see the oct wtvr running.
     
  5. cyruszhang

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    10 bucks would do great~
     
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    I don't think you have to install it. I clicked "No" when it asked me to install it, but I'm still watching the game fine... unless it installed without me knowing.
     
  7. MaxRider

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    Don't really matter for me, since other free stream TV program are using P2P program anyway. This one is better quality and it's legal. $85 for one season is decent. I assume you will watch more than 100 games.
     
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    weird that wasnt the case previous years, maybe since its a free preview they are doing that to save costs?
     
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    Anyone know why NJN vs WAS is blacked out for me? I'm in Austin..
     
  10. Porkylicious

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    hmmm I just uninstalled it and went back to the site and clicked no and it's not uploading anymore :D

    anyone know why the nets game is blacked out :confused:
     
  11. JohnTX281

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    nope...im in san marcos watching it fine...thats weird
     
  12. JohnTX281

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    question about league pass for the computer... if me and some buddies of mine split the cost, will we all be able to watch it from different computers at the same time under the same login name?
     
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    I'm in Austin as well. Working fine.
     
  14. MaxRider

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    Need to be careful if you do that. In the agreement (that stuff nobody read, I was bored and I read it yesterday), they said they reserve the right to terminate your service (they keep the money BTW) if you share your password with someone.
     
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    why are some games blackout and they're not national TV games?
     
  16. Porkylicious

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    what the crap the knicks are blacked out too :mad:
     
  17. yaoluv

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    Is the video extremely choppy for anyone else?

    Pretty much unwatchable for me...
     
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    yea, its pretty choppy for me. I dunno. Is it because of that plugin?
     
  19. yaoluv

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    I didn't install the plugin and its choppy...

    Its only streaming at 14k/s on my pc, not sure if its my isp or nba.com

    youtube works fine
     
  20. t_mac1

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    lots of games are getting blacked out tonight, wtf. houston better not be
     

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