Monday, June 18, 2018

Participant Observations 18/6/18 - Watch AFL & VPN Use

Just a short post today to say that I checked this week to see if I could still use a VPN to access AFL games via the Watch AFL site. Please to report that yes, the games were able to be streamed live, although there were some lag and fidelity issues.

At one point however, the quality was very good - almost as good as what I would expect from any other streaming content, but unlike other streams, it tended to vary significantly in a short amount of time, and was more prone to buffering, although this probably has as much to do with the VPN than the internet speed or website itself, as I'm confident my internet can deliver speed that can handle HD images.

Good to see this is still an option to get games of AFL, and feeds into the informal media narrative and points of acquiescence between formal and informal media.

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