Cornell 5 - 2 Princeton; Final

[Scersk '97]

the schools are losing money on this deal, from what i have heard we are lucky there is any video at all.

say 100 people watch hockey and pay $7.. is that enough to cover the cost of producing the game, sending someone(1-3?) to the game say 4-5 hrs of time and equipment costs on top of the other costs of bandwidth, CU says it costs them money for the video feed so somehow they are paying for something..

on the other hand its the same cost for gymnastics which might have 10 people watching..

Well, if that's true, and I have no idea whether it is or isn't, then why aren't we just doing it in house?  I don't know, make it an engineering school project and do it right.  Instead, Athletics subcontracts out the business to a shoddy operation that can't handle the heat.  Hrrrumph.

[imafrshmn]

Basketball down 75-64 w/ 2:30 to go.

[Rita]

if course the problem could also be related to the same thing that took down several major network apps on campus today as well as the phone system..

Well ICS did blame it on Cornell and its network and servers.

[sms257]

Has anyone managed to get it back up, my internet sucks so I never know if its me or them

[Jacob '06]

No, it has been down most of the 3rd period still.Riley Nash potted a PPG.

[imafrshmn]

Riley Nash finally gets his goal on a PP one timer in the left circle from Sean Whitney.

[Al DeFlorio]

Webcast is, at long last, back.

[imafrshmn]

OK Video!  Please last through the end of the game.

[PAthologicalLynah]

the schools are losing money on this deal, from what i have heard we are lucky there is any video at all.

say 100 people watch hockey and pay $7.. is that enough to cover the cost of producing the game, sending someone(1-3?) to the game say 4-5 hrs of time and equipment costs on top of the other costs of bandwidth, CU says it costs them money for the video feed so somehow they are paying for something..

on the other hand its the same cost for gymnastics which might have 10 people watching..

Sorry but this is W-R-O-N-G, and I can prove it.  We used to have a FREE video feed.  Other schools still do it for free. A webcam, a laptop, and a single ethernet connection are perfectly capable of doing the job.

  If it is not profitable to send out a three person camera crew then DON'T DO IT.  They are charging people money, being negligent, and then whining "actually, we're losing money."  Then they are a failure of a business,  someone put a stake through these shysters and let the engineering students do it for free.  

Food for thought: if they are "losing money" then how did they redesign their entire site in Flash over the past year?  Couldn't they have used that money to buy better servers?  Or an effing clue?

[sah67]

5-2 final...Kalemba takes a whack at Mike Devin at the buzzer.

[mikek]

5-2 final...Kalemba takes a whack at Mike Devin at the buzzer.

And they give Devin a penalty...

[Willy '06]

Just got this e-mail:

Unfortunately, we cannot issue partial refunds however we are upgrading your account to a full season pass. This means you can view all events for any sport and have full access to all archives and special features on the site. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused this evening.

I already have a full season pass, so this does me no good. I told them that.

[PAthologicalLynah]

Just got this e-mail:

Unfortunately, we cannot issue partial refunds however we are upgrading your account to a full season pass. This means you can view all events for any sport and have full access to all archives and special features on the site. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused this evening.

I already have a full season pass, so this does me no good. I told them that.

We can't handle one sport, but you get FREE access to every sport, none of which consistently work? Are they serious???

[PAthologicalLynah]

Just got this e-mail:

Unfortunately, we cannot issue partial refunds however we are upgrading your account to a full season pass. This means you can view all events for any sport and have full access to all archives and special features on the site. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused this evening.

I already have a full season pass, so this does me no good. I told them that.

Oh, and we're really sorry you couldn't watch it live but you can at least watch it in the archive.  What an effing joke.  If you can't tell, I'm about ready to crack.  Class action anyone?

[Jacob '06]

I shot off an email to Jeremy Hartigan (director of athletic communications). Hearing from more people that were upset probably wouldn't hurt. jh295@cornell.edu