Can you explain for the technically-challenged?
I am rural, have standard DSL, am self-employed and therefore, have a low AGI, use a Roku II and get GBT just fine in decent quality. There are some bandwidth problems occasionally at times when (I assume) more people served by our ISP are downloading movies. Otherwise, the quality is good, as far as I am concerned.
$10/month is hardly a high price point to receive GBT. You could also just get Beck’s show alone for $5/month and since they changed format this week, that means 1 hr. of Beck and 1 hour of The Real News. There is also unlimited replay available w/o a DVR.
My opinion is that they run a close-to-the-bone operation and spend every dime as it comes in. They appear to be meeting technical challenges as they can....I notice a difference from now compared to last Fall. I feel, as a subscriber, that I am certainly getting my money’s worth.
Is your connection actually 768 kbps (standard DSL)?
If so, I am somewhat puzzled. I have verified numerous times that I have been provisioned the full bandwidth (actually a little more), yet can not view any similar HD video without buffering pauses every 10 or 15 seconds (at most).
I run state-of-the-art custom router software (DD-WRT), have various flavors of Linux and Windows laptops, desktop and Goggle TV with the latest 3.1 Android update. Within the LAN there is no problem, naturally, serving and viewing HD.
In past threads right here on FR other standard DSL users have agreed with me the HD content was not watchable and it is consistent with everything else I know about the capabilities of the link.