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shawncowden

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do u all think www.ewan1.com will be a good IPTV service ??? Also with that USB box drive or whatever can u hook that into ur computer USB port and then hook that up to your tv to get those channels on tv ?? Also is it hard to hook up the computer to the tv in order to recieve IPTV from that ? NOTE: the video on the right side shows that USB box!
 
what about other iptv services id love to get a good one! and possibly with local channels
 
I asked that question to backspace. They do offer expanded cable with locals for $29.95 per month. But the reply i got was, "slow down, we hardly know ya!"
I would love to pay $29.95 for their iptv line up!
 
My questions are:
1. What is the quality?
2. What network affils are on offer?
 
I just checked this backspace site out. Their basic lineup, which coincidentally was the only lineup I could actually opt to purchase via their half dozen or so package offerings, is basically packed with channels that are already available in free, streaming formats on the net, and/or are home shopping channels, or other channels I've either never heard of (they're not on any cable lineup I've ever had) or international channels that are offered, once again, elsewhere on the net for free or not. (What am I paying for exactly?)

So basically for $4.95 (each month, not just once which would make better sense) you're paying a finder's fee of doing the searching and indexing of the otherwise already-available stream URLs for you ahead of time... Oh and maaaybe the cost of them restreaming those public feeds through their own network/encoder/bandwidth throttling equipment to make them repackaged to appear as something only they offer......which is just--silly--to expect me to cover in costs as a subscriber. Yeah sorry, no thanks.

I did want to try out their $29.95 service, but as I said above, it's not actually a selectable option you can choose from on their signup screen. You can only choose the dinky package of streams I described above. (Can I sell you an upgrade with informercials while you're here? Only $2.95 a month if you act now.)

I like the idea, and the technology sounds cool--but if you're spending 5 bucks for their basic package right now.... ehhhh.....mkay.
 
When i signed up they sent me an email saying they weren't sure what package i wanted:
From Backspace:
Thank you for your recent subscription.
Thinking that perhaps it was a type-O we took the liberty of updating your credentials :
We also *enhanced* your subscription at no extra charge.
Enjoy !
Support Team
Backspace Comm, LLC

The "Enhanced" sub includes the Msnbc, Cnbc, A&E Ect. that isn't mentioned when you look at the $4.95 package channel list.
 
The Backspace.tv website says you have to be on a "local network" to get the Expanded Basic package. What locality (area) are they referring to?
 
I emailed them a few times last week about getting the "Expanded" package. Apparently, they have contract relations with many of the national channels, and one of the provisions is that they must provide their channels to users via the settop box they advertise for sale on their website. It costs about $300. They claim you can also lease it for about $6 a month, much like a cable box.

I asked, how do I get started on this?? They told me I live in Florida, and therefore I can't get it. So that told me that there's basically some state-specific or region-specific guidelines in place under whatever contracts they have open with the content providers. Closer look shows that most of the affiliate programming they offer (NBC, ABC, FOX etc.) are all the local affiliates they receive in their area of California where they are presently operating from. So, you may need to live in Cali just to take advantage of their $29 package... but they wouldn't answer that for certain.

They will upgrade you, as oldiesradiousa mentioned, to a Net-only expanded lineup package... which includes about 10 channels you're probably used to seeing: A&E, Bravo, HGTV, The Weather Channel (national feed only), History Channel, History International, The Biography Channel, MSNBC, CNBC, Soundtrack Channel, all of the major home shopping networks (cheesy, since that really shouldn't cost anyone a nickel but whatever) CSPAN 1 & 2 ... and then some lesser-known independent networks. And they let you have about a dozen or so music channels which are 128k stereo.... All for that $4.95 price tag. I've tried it for the past couple of weeks after I was so speculative about it when I heard about it, but it's not that bad. The feeds for the popular networks are all 700k, which is really nice when viewed in full screen on a regualr TV using S-Video out from your PC's video card. I really hope they can open up the contracts a little and put some more networks on their expanded package to the Internet though, because some of the channels they don't currently offer are sister networks of ones they presently can.
 
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