When you pay for something, you expect it to work -- especially if it costs $99 and you have all of your friends over.
Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao took to the ring on Saturday for what has been described as the "fight of the century." But just because you shelled out the dough to Pay-Per-View, doesn't mean you can watch the fight.
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Multiple cable companies have been experiencing technical difficulties during the boxing match, which has left already disgruntled customers ready to throw some punches at their televisions.
The fight's commentators also noted that cable companies were experiencing issues, claiming "electronic overload" due to so many viewers. The streaming issues delayed the fight, which was scheduled to start at 11p.m. ET.
Sounds like they should have offered online streaming after all.
This is a fuckin shame @comcast— skin affleck (@i_just_chief) May 3, 2015
Come on #Comcast #xfinity or whatever your name is! People are trying to watch the fight! #maypac #pacquiaomayweather— Linda Olatunde (@TomiLinda) May 3, 2015
Wtf @TWC pic.twitter.com/VFFjcqqHIn— John Legend (@johnlegend) May 3, 2015
Time Warner screwed us over give me an illegal site— Jacob Crowell (柯杰） (@jacrowell87) May 3, 2015
THE WORST TV SERVICE EVER IS @dish DISH TV IS A DISASTER!! THANKS DISH TV FOR NO PACQUIAO MAYWEATHER FIGHT— Rob Schneider (@RobSchneider) May 3, 2015
Sounds like a lot of people paid $90 tonight to fight their cable company— Anthony De Rosa (@AntDeRosa) May 3, 2015
Damn charter cable went out and I can't see the fight.... Oh wait I have time Warner Cable #MayweatherPacquiao— Austin Khatib (@AKhatib90) May 3, 2015
Fight night! Busy around the MGM. On the flip side cox is having troubles with PPV. Hope it gets fix cox working on it #MayPac #FightNight— Zenn (@MzZenn) May 3, 2015
Neither are streams RT @praiseNworkout: The fight is being delayed because PPV is not working for cable providers due to the overload— The Specimen1 (@TheSpecimen1) May 3, 2015
How come my PPV I PAYED is not working anymore #BrightHouseNetworks #MayweatherPacquiao #pissed— Phillip Cedeno (@PhillipCed) May 3, 2015
.@TWC_Help my PPV is still not working and I purchased it for $99.99. Severely dissapointed pic.twitter.com/hQlXv4dgkc— Roland Ligtenberg (@rolandal) May 3, 2015