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You might be able to get the game on ESPN 3.
Not a CBS sports network game, unless CBS changed their app then there is no way to stream this game.
 

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Not a CBS sports network game, unless CBS changed their app then there is no way to stream this game.
Great. So that means WTIC for me.
 
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Just get a VPN and connect from a US server and you should be able to access most streaming sites as if you were in the States.

Folks, I also found a non-VPN solution in the last day in the event anybody’s interested in international access. ESPN actually has a package that I think is only accessible from outside of the country. I reached it via www.ESPNplayer.com and I signed up for the following:


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I could have watched the Maine game had I gotten up at 3 AM, or could have watched it on demand before knowing the score had I planned properly. I am about half way through it now in any event.

I don’t see the Navy game listed on the schedule and the schedule does not go out as far as the Virginia game at this time.

A lot of games were available yesterday.

Note I also get "every match from March Madness" as part of the $164.99 I paid. If that is not trick wording (i.e., "match(es)", yes, but not "game(s)"), this may be a better deal that what I was paying in the US.

Folks at home, please keep those tax breaks coming for the world wide leader. Thanks!



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UConn Dan, thank you Sir. You have chip in the game now (as it relates to borrowing the Escalade (if/when I get one)).
 

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I have a Roku and was watching some of the Virginia game on Watch ESPN.

Just an awful viewing experience. I have no problem paying for cable to actually enjoy watching games.
 

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After my MLB package runs out with DirecTV I'm switching to Vue... I've already got a host of Playstations.. If it sucks I cancel and go back to paying way to much for DirecTV for a better rate than I'm paying now. Maybe I try Xfinity...
 
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My only problem with Vue is that I don't get ABC (except on demand) so if i wanted to watch those, I had to go to CBS on my laptop and plug that into my TV. Which works, but is somewhat annoying.
 

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My only problem with Vue is that I don't get ABC (except on demand) so if i wanted to watch those, I had to go to CBS on my laptop and plug that into my TV. Which works, but is somewhat annoying.

I got an absurd deal from Comcast where I get limited basic cable plus 150mbs internet for ~$45 a month... So I'm pretty much set there... I'm going to get a cheap HDTV antenna one of these days to see what I pull in that way too. But I checked the Vue line up and I get 99% of what I watch for about $100 less per month than DirecTV.
 

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Time for me to have "the talk" with Comcast. If they can't give me Internet and TV for close to internet only + Vue... Then hello Vue.
We have Xfinity 1 and a two year contract until February 2018. Had to get it when OnDemand S.t.B. and my postpartum/nursing wife was left with virtual nothing but infomercials or soft core in the middle of the night. Comcast Customer service is some of the worst in the land and I am hopeful that the live streaming will be good enough for this sports junkie to fully cut the cord when the contract expires. I just finished my basement and I'm in the market for a 50 inch screen, but I really do not want to get another box from Comcast so I was hoping to test out some of these alternative streaming services.
 
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My only problem with Vue is that I don't get ABC
Agree on not getting ABC but most ABC sporting events are on ESPN3. But for those that aren't (Saturday's Houston/Oklahoma game) I got an over-the-air antenna and picked up WTNH from New Haven no problem.
 

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This still won't work for CT residents watching a lot of UCONN sports...
1) No SNY, so access to ESPN3 won't do you anything.
2) No CBSSN.

Until a cord-cutting option fixes this problem, it's a non-starter.

Can't wait for the "WHY CAN'T I WATCH THE CUSE GAME ON VUE" threads to start...
 
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This still won't work for CT residents watching a lot of UCONN sports...
1) No SNY, so access to ESPN3 won't do you anything.
2) No CBSSN.

Until a cord-cutting option fixes this problem, it's a non-starter.

Can't wait for the "WHY CAN'T I WATCH THE CUSE GAME ON VUE" threads to start...

Ah yes. I live outside the footprint, so I can watch all the SNY games on WatchESPN. CBSSN is starting up their own streaming service, which I might buy for a few months.
 
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