XOS Network Issues Stall Huskers.com

Lincoln - Like more than 150 other official athletic web sites across the nation, Huskers.com is powered by the XOS Network, a broadband business unit that was purchased last Friday by Toronto-based JumpTV, Inc., a leading distributor of live international television and sports over the Internet.

"College football's first major weekend was a disappointment for us on Huskers.com, and we understand a disappointment for nearly all of the other schools that played football on Saturday who use the XOS Network," said Jeff Griesch, content manager for Huskers.com. "Obviously we were thrilled with the Nebraska football team's season-opening victory. Unfortunately, most of our fans around the world were unable to follow the action on Huskers.com.

"We want all Husker fans to know that we shared in their frustrations with the accessibility of Huskers.com on Saturday, and we'll do whatever we can to assist XOS in resolving its network issues for this coming week's game at Wake Forest."

According to Griesch, from approximately 9 p.m. Saturday to 2 a.m., Sunday, few fans were able to access Huskers.com, before near-normal usability returned to the site in the early morning hours on Sunday.

Earlier in the day, Nebraska football fans around the world hoping to listen to the free game-day radio call provided by the Husker Sports Network - or follow the game through the free live stats program on Huskers.com - experienced slowed or stalled connections, navigation difficulties or were dropped from the web site entirely throughout the game.

Premium subscribers to HuskersNside experienced similar problems with the live pre- and post-game coverage provided on the subscription site.

The problems were even greater after the game, when the site stalled almost entirely, limiting fans access to the complete post-game coverage provided by the Huskers.com staff. The problems also prevented the HuskersNside staff from uploading much of its normal post-game content. 

Live Event Registration Still Means Free Radio for Fans
Many Nebraska fans who love to listen to the free radio coverage provided by the Husker Sports Network on Huskers.com were greeted by a new registration link on Huskers.com this week.

Husker fans are asked to "Sign In" and follow the steps to register for a free audio subscription. The registration is a push by the XOS Network, powered by JumpTV, to accumulate information from Husker fans to provide them with future promotions and benefits.

Huskers.com has provided free radio coverage since the inception of the web site and is committed to continuing its free radio broadcasts over the Internet of Nebraska football, men's and women's basketball, volleyball, baseball and softball, along with its Sports Nightly radio show.

Huskers.com is one of the few official collegiate web sites in the country that provides free radio coverage to fans.