Andrew wrote:Thinking about dropping cable TV completely and using NBA League Pass online to watch the Knicks. Anyone who has used this can you share your experiences? Many thanks.

i have. it's good quality (frankly its better than the tv package in terms of clarity). you can also watch multiple games simultaneously.

Might be worth checking before you make the switch.

edit: If this is not the case can someone let me know and I will sign up IMMEDIATELY.

What determines a broadband blackout?

A broadband blackout is determined by the zip code location associated with your Internet Service Providers (ISP) account. Our system uses this information to confirm your location and to restrict access to regionally televised and national televised games.

For example: If a customer lives in California and purchased his subscription there; then traveled to Michigan, he would be blacked out in Michigan.

We do not support the use of VPN (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vpn), internet accelerators (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_accelerator), or proxies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server). VPNs, internet accelerators or proxies make users look like they are in a different location than they actually are. Note that the google web accelerator (http://webaccelerator.google.com/) is an example of a service which will result in incorrect blackouts,

You can verify your IP location by going to www.ip2location.com. Your location is listed in the middle of the page. If your internet service provider is using a proxy server, you could show up as being in another location, which would cause you to be blacked out.

i even thought about having my parents in Georgia sign up for Broadband League Pass, but apparently they IP check you and if your current IP is in NY, you get blacked out. i guess you might be able to mask your IP somehow? is that possible?

Andrew wrote:How can I determine how extensive the blackout area is? I'm in upstate NY.

Basically, if they offer MSG on your cable package, you will be blacked out, in my experience.

crzymdups wrote:

Andrew wrote:How can I determine how extensive the blackout area is? I'm in upstate NY.

Basically, if they offer MSG on your cable package, you will be blacked out, in my experience.

wow really? Even if you are 100s of miles away from NYC?

crzymdups wrote:

martin wrote:

crzymdups wrote:

Andrew wrote:How can I determine how extensive the blackout area is? I'm in upstate NY.

Basically, if they offer MSG on your cable package, you will be blacked out, in my experience.

wow really? Even if you are 100s of miles away from NYC?

I'm 90% sure that's the case. If they offer MSG as part of your standard cable package, you get blacked out of Knicks games because it's looked at as competing with MSG's right to be the sole broadcaster of the games.

This sucks.

nyk4ever wrote:

Andrew wrote:Thinking about dropping cable TV completely and using NBA League Pass online to watch the Knicks. Anyone who has used this can you share your experiences? Many thanks.

i would just go with http://www.atdhe.net

I've had pretty good luck with this site.

I have league pass- not bad, but so many games seem to be blacked out. I use atdhe for the Knicks unless I'm at the girlfriends' house.

Was fixed during the end of season though and was pretty awesome when it worked like it was supposed to. Moved back to NY since then and haven't tried it again so not sure if games would be blacked out. My guess is that you would have some problems trying to watch Knick games like some of the others said if you live in NY.