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Frustrated viewer blames threats for fixing Sky's F1 coverage

Original: Seems as if threatening the # Sky puck with removal and destruction (I was going to throw it against a wall outside unti

A Sky customer says the broadcaster's coverage of a Formula 1 sprint kept crashing, and that they warned the company they would smash the Sky puck and send it back as broken. The viewer claims the stream then worked. The anecdote has struck a chord with other fans complaining about unreliable sports streaming.

Why now: Fans are venting about repeated crashes in Sky's live Formula 1 sprint coverage, and the threat-to-the-hardware anecdote makes a relatable joke of it.

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• Seems as if threatening the # Sky puck with removal and destruction (I was going to throw it against a wall outside until the case smashed, then put it back in the shipping materials and send it back to Sky as “broken”) had some effect. After crashing twice during the sprint,… · adrianco

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