ESPN stopped working- got to wait till 1st August?...

Question

Settling down to watch UFC162, saw lots of new channels in my line up like EUROSPORT and BBC HD, and even though they don't work I thought, ooh , this looks good.
Tried o put ESPN on and noticed it's gone to a broadband channel. Sure enough, black screen. Rang BT Vision and they said I've got o wait till 1st August.
What a stupid system, a warning before te update would have been nice! Also, seeing a list of channels that I won't be able o get is pretty galling as well. No infinity on my exchange, but I get 19 Mb, so it really frustrates me, and I work for this flipping company as well - hard to defend or recommend to family and friends when this kind of thing happens.
Can anyone help please?

Answer 1

Denb wrote:
Well that sucks! Problem is ,even though my exchange is due to get FTTC soon, I can't see my cab getting it, as there are only 100 e sides and only about half of them are workers. Take out all the other CPs and I bet there's only about 30 BT customers. Kind of annoying, as with a steady 18-21 Mb sync speed, my line is quick enough.
Firstly, I should have also mentioned that those in situation (1) above will of course get access to BT Sport 1 & 2 on Freeview channels (currently 58 and 59) from Aug 1st using the viewing card.
I assume that you were moved onto the multicast software for a good reason and not by mistake. Was it because you also have Sky Sports and so now need to get them via ADSL because of the Freeview turn off?
If BT are going to provide ESPN via ADSL from Aug 1st (as it says here ) then it does raise the question of why can't they provide it in its current form during July? They are providing Sky Sports now so why not provide ESPN as well? This does seem to have been badly thought out by BT. I guess you'll just have to live with it for a few weeks.
I'm lucky enough to be on Infinity multicast, so can get all the possible channels. I can currently view Sky Sports 1&2, ESPN, Eurosport 1&2, and also the BT Sport 1&2 SD and HD promotional transmissions. Those not yet able to get Infinity do have to put up with a second class BTTV service when it comes to live sport.