YouTube TV streaming in Phx today ...

Sat Jul 22 17:54:31 MST 2017

What mac are you using? An old PowerPC? If so try TenFourFox is a port a
FireFox for PPC Macs. It is pretty much feature parity with FF ESR 45.

On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 5:08 PM, Eric Oyen <eric.oyen at icloud.com> wrote:

> well, if you go the cox biz route, there are no caps. :)
> call them and when they ask for a referral, tell them that eric oyen
> recommended the service.
>
> btw, the tv.youtube.com site where you are supposed to sign up is
> completely inaccessible for those of us using screen readers on any browser
> in windows. also, considering how old my mac is, I can't sign up there
> (newer versions of firefox or chrome are required. However, I have yet to
> try my linux device. it will need some updating though (and I can't update
> to the latest ubuntu due to problems with ORCA not being updated to operate
> there as yet.  so, when I test this later tonight, I will know if there are
> issues there or not. btw, is there a chrome for linux?
>
> -eric
>
> On Jul 22, 2017, at 9:18 AM, Michael Butash wrote:
>
> This is why Cox has now imposed a 1.5tb bandwidth cap on users.  They know
> everyone is cutting off their overpriced video, and now they're going to
> charge you for the massive bandwidth that things like netflix use to recoup
> some of that.  Nothing is "free", so caveat emptor.
>
> Case in point, my aunt pinged me when Cox sent her the threat of overage
> charges, where she really only does tv streaming.  She was at least a 1tb
> over their "normal" limit now, and would be charged accordingly.  Only
> things she really does is use Netflix and Vue for tv, but apparently enough
> bandwith to exceed their cap, and she doesn't even do 4k content or have
> kids soaking it up, where many do.  I can only imagine the bandwidth needs
> with a house full of kids doing the same, plus gaming and everything else...
>
> Still cheaper than paying for cable tv, but I presume their charging will
> only rapidly escalate to offset their dying video/telephony services and
> lack of anything else they can really charge for.  Since every other
> carrier is dogpiling in to slaughter and feast on the corpse of net
> neutrality, Cox decided in their own interests to hop on he bandwagon too.
> Thanks for all the fish, Trump.
>
> -mb
>
> On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 8:59 AM, Saul <saul at acalinas.com> wrote:
>
>> I prefer Playstation Vue.
>>
>> On 7/20/2017 5:00 PM, joe at actionline.com wrote:
>>
>>> Just signed up for YouTube TV streaming today
>>> and cancelled DirecTV Now. YouTube is far,
>>> far superior in every way plus unlimited DVR.
>>>
>>>
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