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Message: [QUOTE="DonLightfoot, post: 2380918, member: 3562"] First let me say I live in Canada and ESPN3 and WATCH ESPN are not available to Canadians, either on computers or phones. Furthermore, all those “boxes” or “devices” mentioned in several threads will probably not work up here either. Since it appears we are faced with most of our beloved Orange games being streamed in the future (according to cuse.com I will only get 12 games on TV this season) I need to see if better streaming quality is available for me. On a scale of 1-10, I would have to say the best reception for me would be a 7/8 with more times than not about a 6 – very jerky. It is the ESPN3 feed I pick up, but it is probably sent halfway around the world then back again to the streaming sites I use. I live in a rural area and utilize cable for my internet. The ISP company does not have a lot of customers in my area (don’t know if that means anything). I have 150 GB’s bandwidth per month which is well below my normal use. My speed rate (if that is the right term) is 20 mbps. I assume that is 20 megabytes per second??????? I contacted my ISP today and they ran a check and mentioned I have an old modem. New one will be installed Thursday. The advisor was not sure if that alone will help my problem or not. I pay a lot for this internet service (one downfall of living in Canada is the cost of living) and I could probably upgrade. However, the additional cost would like to be avoided if it does not provide a remedy. Before getting back to them about an upgrade I shall try Saturday’s game with the new modem and see how it is. In any event, what do you think is my problem? Is it the 20mbps or the fact the stream is sent to too many various servers around the world? Please keep in mind I am not a tech guru and just want these stupid things to do what I want and do it now. Keep that in retrospect when responding. Sorry for the length of this post, but Syracuse basketball is an important part of my life and the quality of viewing will go a long way to make me happy. Thank you in advance. ADDENDUM - I just contacted my ISP again and were advised 20mbps is the most I can get in my rural area. They do offer 100mbps, but they do not know when it will be available for me. [/QUOTE]

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