Android streaming performance

[Pants]

Does anyone stream Foxnews video on their Android phone?

How's the performance? I've noticed that I can never get a video to buffer fast enough. Youtube works good from my Android but never Foxnews.

I've disabled all apps that can possibly be disabled without rooting the phone.

 

[Xander]

Does anyone stream Foxnews...

You misspelled "fearmongering".

 

[Pants]

This phone is new (Android 4.3) and I've actually been using an older version of the Foxnews app because the newer version is terrible. It's sparse..I hate it. The newer version buffers a lot better however.

The older version works better on my other (older Android phone). Older apps apparently work better with older version of Android.

 

[SpaceSquad]

You misspelled "fearmongering".

LOL!

Ya, I can't watch 'murican news...seems so played up...

 

[NYJimbo]

you misspelled "fearmongering".

+1 lol

 

[Pants]

You misspelled "fearmongering".

From what I can see, you are the one who is misspelling.

 

[SilverLeaf]

I believe the FoxNews ap for Android is actually a trojan. You may be expecting the news, but you end up getting something completely different.

 

[trevm999]

I believe the FoxNews ap for Android is actually a trojan. You may be expecting the news, but you end up getting something completely different.

Hahahaha

 

[Pants]

I believe the FoxNews ap for Android is actually a trojan. You may be expecting the news, but you end up getting something completely different.

Interesting. You can't get the Foxnews 1.0 version from the Google Play store anymore, you can only get version 2.0, which I hate.

I downloaded the 1.0 app from another site. Your comment got me wondering if the apk I downloaded is tainted, although I do realize even apps from GooglePlay can be tainted. But I think what you're saying is that you suspect the original programmers of the app had malicious intent?

 

[LifelineIT]

I think you missed the joke about the trojan, bub.

The reason that you have trouble streaming is because your carrier is utilizing a CDN to throttle your traffic, which is slightly ironic because CDN's were the opening salvo in the war that became Net Neutrality, which Faux news and the conservative networks are all IN FAVOR OF.

If you google CDN or CDN fix you'll see that you have a fair number of options, they generally include blocking connections to the CDN in question to force it to send you content direct from the supplying server.

 

[Pants]

Are you talking about my cell phone carrier or my ISP? Because the data service is not turned...I've got it switched off. I'm streaming everything through my wi-fi router, which is hooked to my Clearwire Modem.

Why would Foxnews version 2.0 buffer OK on my phone and not version 1.0 ? Our other phone uses version 1.0 and it streams through wi-fi just fine.

 

[trevm999]

But I think what you're saying is that you suspect the original programmers of the app had malicious intent?

More than just the programmers...

 

[Pants]

More than just the programmers...

A conspiracy?

 

[trevm999]

A conspiracy?

Since it seems you actually watch Fox News, all I am willing to say is that it is most likely the most unprofessional news channel in the world, The Onion included.

 

[Pants]

Since it seems you actually watch Fox News, all I am willing to say is that it is most likely the most unprofessional news channel in the world, The Onion included.

So which news networks are "professional", and why?

 

[NYJimbo]

It would be nice if this thread could stay on topic.

 

[Pants]

It would be nice if this thread could stay on topic.

You didn't seem to take the thread seriously form the very beginning.

+1 lol

Remember? But now you wanna get back on topic?

Maybe it's just me, but it's kind of funny that people want to go back to topic when asked about the credibility of certain claims being made.

 

[trevm999]

It is true, that good news reporting is hard to find. However, Fox News seems to make a lot more mistakes than other news sources. Here are some pictures to show what I mean.

Not a picture of Sarah Palin, it is actually Tina Fey impersonating her.

 

[Pants]

Fox News seems to make a lot more mistakes than other news sources. Here are some pictures to show what I mean.

The mistakes that you are talking about are not worth arguing about. Everybody makes typos. That picture, if it really is Tina Fey, probably just slipped through the editing process (even if it didn't...so what?). It's not relevant to the facts they are presenting which aren't even a big deal...ie They only are talking about presidential contenders.

It is true, that good news reporting is hard to find.

Can you name any in which the professionalism supersedes that of foxnews, instead of pointing mistakes Fox has made?

 

[trevm999]

This is just a sample. The scary thing is that stuff like this gets though editing/quality control (and someone did it in the first place, like the map of the middle east).

According to Fox News, where I gets my news from is a "Terrorist" news network.