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Anyone here watching on Chromecast? Trying to watch a game in bed cast to the TV. Just constantly getting unknown error messages every 5 minutes. Seem to be OK when watching on the phone without casting.
 

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Anyone here watching on Chromecast? Trying to watch a game in bed cast to the TV. Just constantly getting unknown error messages every 5 minutes. Seem to be OK when watching on the phone without casting.
A few on Whirlpool have been saying it's busted since the last update to the Optus Sports app. Optus have apparently acknowledged and are working on a fix.
 

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Has anyone else had Optus dipping into their account more than they should? They are taking 15$ out instead of $5
 

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It's about a 50 second delay and is still there.
It's significant because my missus is often on the webcam in the UK when I'm watching the game and I have heard my father in law going nuts over goals plenty of times a minute before I see it. Told her she has to Skype in the bedroom from now on to her family in the UK when I'm watching PL!!
 

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It's about a 50 second delay and is still there.
How bloody hard is it?

If some bloke in Pakistan can sort out a HD illegal stream with almost no delay, how on Earth does it still happen?

What's going on with the ACCC claim that happened a while back too?
 

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My Wifi speed compared to Telstra's 4G.
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How many countries in the world have mobile internet speeds that are literally more than 100x faster than wifi?

Shame that I'll barely be able to watch the EPL for a few years with those speeds.
 

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My Wifi speed compared to Telstra's 4G.
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How many countries in the world have mobile internet speeds that are literally more than 100x faster than wifi?

Shame that I'll barely be able to watch the EPL for a few years with those speeds.
What is your ISP for home internet?

Optus EPL would work great on your Telstra 4G connection but data usage would be a huge issue. Is Optus 4G available in your area? That's data free for EPL at least.
 

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What is your ISP for home internet?

Optus EPL would work great on your Telstra 4G connection but data usage would be a huge issue. Is Optus 4G available in your area? That's data free for EPL at least.
BigPond.

Yeah Optus 4G should be available in the Ringwood area, shame the cucks don't let you stream it HD using your data.
 

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How bloody hard is it?

If some bloke in Pakistan can sort out a HD illegal stream with almost no delay, how on Earth does it still happen?

What's going on with the ACCC claim that happened a while back too?

They probably gave him free Optus EPL Satellite to shut him up which is delay free.
 

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They probably gave him free Optus EPL Satellite to shut him up which is delay free.
I love browsing social media during games, makes up a lot of the experience nowadays.

So far I can't watch in HD, I have to watch on my phone and I'm prohibited from using social media and I have to turn off my notifications.

No thanks Optus.
 

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Just a bit of heavy rain, wouldn't have noticed except for the sound. People I know up in Eltham had full on flooding though.

Why, did you get flooded?
I didn't. Canterbury road near the Manhattan was flooded and civic square in Croydon was flooded from what I heard.
 

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Man you should be getting better ADSL speeds than 790kpbs in Ringwood area. Are you a long way from the exchange? Proper line filters installed?
No idea about any of that stuff, just know we bought a new router/modem and it didn't fix it.

If the proper line filters aren't installed is there anything I can do?
 

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No idea about any of that stuff, just know we bought a new router/modem and it didn't fix it.

If the proper line filters aren't installed is there anything I can do?
Complain to bigpond. That's not good enough. Only excuse can be if you are a long way from the exchange but nearly every property in Ringwood should be within 1.5k-2km of an exchange.
 

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Complain to bigpond. That's not good enough. Only excuse can be if you are a long way from the exchange but nearly every property in Ringwood should be within 1.5k-2km of an exchange.
I'll give em' a buzz in the new year.

Can't imagine it's going to be easy though.

Thanks mate.
 
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