Official Club Stuff essendonfc.com.au joins the Telstra network.

[smcateer]

<rant> Hate Telstra. Worst websites on the net. Went onto BomberTV and my browser crashed before the first video ended (FF on Linux, Telstra uses Silverlight which has no proper vid plugin for Linux). Will content be geolocked as it is on the AFL page? - if you try to access the videos abroad you are prompted to pay Telstra for the content. Not happy, hope we're getting big $$$ for this. </rant>

 

[smcateer]

 

[OzBomber]

You have got to be ****ing kidding me. What an absolute ****ing joke.

How can we join them? The best website in the country with all the best features and now they've ****ed it up. I can NEVER load telstra videos, and now I won't be able to load BomberTV.

For **** sake. If we end up losing the site design and have the same design as all the other clubs I'll be even more pissed.

PS. Looks as though all archived BomberTV videos have been deleted. Means we can no longer view highlights from pre-2009.

 

[Kong]

Have known about this for a while.

Sucks big time, and the worst is yet to come.

 

[TeamHurley]

just saw it. and

 

[TeamHurley]

Have known about this for a while.

Sucks big time, and the worst is yet to come.

Whats the worst?

 

[smcateer]

Whats the worst?

Yeah, prey tell (I'm sure I don't wanna know).

BTW ...

 

[smcateer]

Have known about this for a while.

Sucks big time, and the worst is yet to come.

How can something be worse? Is my ****ing cat dead?

 

[Kong]

Probably not fair to go in to detail until it's confirmed, but if true, less information for the rest of us.

 

[Ben the Gooner]

This!!

 

[Jade]

Have known about this for a while.

Sucks big time, and the worst is yet to come.

What's the worst?

I ain't playin brah - don't make me smack you upside the head.....

 

[smcateer]

Probably not fair to go in to detail until it's confirmed, but if true, less information for the rest of us.

Right, so the club won't be writing it's own articles any more. That'll go over to the hack AFL scribes.

 

[smcateer]

Maybe it's not all bad, why don't I have a look at the highlights from ANZAC Day '09 ... that'll calm me down.

WTF!?! No, I don't want ****ing BigPond TV ... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[DapperDon]

**** this.

First time I wont be bothering with BomberTV.

Telstra and now the Essendon website can go jump.

Not ****ing happy we sold out to these lazy *****

 

[OzBomber]

Why does the club need this? It's not as if we're really struggling financially that we can't afford our own website with our own content. Other clubs supporters were jealous of us having our own website and we have to stoop to their club's level?

If we end up losing more like Whomb says (ie. Photos, club based articles, archives etc.) I'll be mighty pissed.

 

[George Washington]

Can someone tell the Essendon Insider to read this thread please...

 

[smcateer]

I'm fiery hot with anger.

 

[OzBomber]

Can someone tell the Essendon Insider to read this thread please...

Was about to open the Essendon Insider thread when you posted this.

 

[smcateer]

Can someone tell the Essendon Insider to read this thread please...

Actioned.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

this is well ****ed

 

[Phone]

i blame hird.

 

[smcateer]

i blame hird.

Too early.

 

[Burzum]

Pathetic decision from the club. I tried to see how BomberTV would work on the new network and I couldn't even get a video to start.

 

[Phone]

Too early.

number of times we sold our site to Telstra under Knights: 0
number of times we sold our site to Telstra under Hird: 1

says it all imo.

 

[DapperDon]

I'm so angry right now.