We wake up 2 to 3 in the morning expecting to watch our favorite team play and there's no weather affecting the Astro signal but then, Astro STILL manages to find a way to piss us off! Somehow along the line, my TV reads "This channel is not included in your subscription. To subscribe........"

What the hell have I been paying for then? I can understand that transmission would be interrupted in the event of bad weather but what's the excuse this time?! Bear in mind, this is not the first time this is occurring, when United played West Ham (and Spurs played Arsenal), we had the same crap and missed 20+ minutes of the matches shown. It's annoying as heck.

Is there a channel where we can voice our complains? Writing to papers, would they publish our rants? Consumer tribunal or something cause I didn't stay up at 4.51 AM to face this garbage.

and thats y i dont watch soccer .. sleeping is much more better

just because sometimes this happen, you didnt watch football..hahaha really good answer..maybe you are bookworm and after study, sleep...hhehee

if only we have wut so call "competition"

no. astro is the only one

same case with stimix

When it happens, I just go to sleep.

Yup stoopid astro.. Happened a few times already all over M'sia, i've have friends n JB, KL n me in Pahang face d same prob..
They gave msg saying "This channel is not included in your subscription. To subscribe please call astro customer service", try calling their customer service at 4am ah.. The automated voice answer will surely say "our customer service line is open from 8am till 12pm only"..
WTF.. I wish we have other options..

the frustrating part for me is astro only show EPL , boring league

Another alternative is to go mamak and watch

Mamak not use Astro meh?

soccer is for yanks!

I use to think like you... how frustrating it is in Malaysia right... now im in UK....

You need TV lisence to watch tv.... 132pounds plus a year... then the TV and that only gives you Champion league and not all too.. then you buy pay per view like SKY... and that also.... sat EPL match kick off at 3pm... they WON'T SHOW (Because they more people to go to the stadiums..) ...so for students like me how ?? if got luck then the pub will show.. and that also quite sometimes ady the satelite no signal... my friend and i are like grumbling like mad!

EPL matches in Malaysia ALL can watch... can even watch 2 games at once at mamak shop with 2 projector screens and can see almost all the games, worse come worse delay only...

Other than the stadium part... i think i'll still prefer to watch matches on tv back in Malaysia... mayb streaming is better but not much diff for me as i can't run p2p network at uni anyway... so no p2p streams for me...

Could it be something to do with coverage? I've never experienced such issues before.

I've become accustomed to the ritual of getting up in the wee hours of the morning to keep up with our European exploits. If you students think it's tough, try imagining what it's like for us working folk. It isn't a though we have the option of skipping class or falling asleep in it. No work = no job = no pay. Simple equation.

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Added on November 6, 2008, 11:41 amContrary to what many believe, the term 'soccer' was actually coined by the English themselves.




This post has been edited by Duke Red: Nov 6 2008, 11:41 AM

Should change the thread name to Astro sucks... den maybe the Astro people will start taking notice in not f**cking up the live broadcast. LOL! My fren's cousin is in fact working in Astro... He is in charge of the... LOL! I better say no further later you guys gonna start a witch hunt on that fella...

Same for me, in my hometown, no such issue, probably because of the new decoder and satellite. But at mamak stall near my place is worst.. No bad weather no raining, suddenly plup.. black screen already..

I can't imagine how people can worked at their call center lol..

Actually I've been told by ASTRO themselves that the old decoder is better than the new one Well that's what I was told anyway when I wanted to change mine.

When I first saw the thread's title, I initially thought this was another discussion on how bad Malaysia's football state is currently..

Then I realized it was referring to the quality of astro's transmission during the UCL match this morning..

Yeah, I watched it as well and noticed the same message.. I was initially concern if I didn't pay my astro bills.. hehehe...

Anyway, the technology used by astro is an old technology.. compared to what is being used currently in UK. It's so crappy, when it rains, you loose signal and broadcast... then you have this..

Dunno why la this country is so behind in terms of technology.. same case with our internet and broadband coverage as well...

?? How's that so?

Anyway get back to the football in Astro real discussion.. They should add new channel in sport la, i can understand Spanish football league fan about the lack of live broadcast of Spanish League football game.

Thats what happens in a monopoly. They get lazy and theres no effort at all to better their services. We need competition to shake them up.

Weird...it's never happened to me.
I just have disruptions during bad weather which is enough reason for me to complain

Malaysia is good in mobile telecommunication.. Why? Because lots of competition everywhere. But internet? Astro? haih. I guess if only our internet connection is good, we will have IPTV then, no need to subscribe Astro anymore..