Mayweather-Pacquiao fight technical glitches

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Buckeye CableSystem will "give":http://www.toledoblade.com/TV-Radio/2015/05/03/Buckeye-CableSystem-giving-refunds-to-customers-who-purchased-Mayweather-Pacquiao-fight.html refunds to customers who purchased a highly anticipated pay-per-view boxing fight that was plagued with viewing problems nationwide because of its high demand.

Local cable service was restored mid-way through the fight, in about the sixth round.

It cost about $100 to purchase the fight. ... refunds will be applied to each customer’s next billing cycle. The refund will be made automatically and customers do not need to call to request the repayment.
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Buckeye CableSystem said it is "investigating":http://www.toledoblade.com/TV-Radio/2015/05/04/Buckeye-CableSystem-investigates-Saturday-outage.html the cause of technical disruptions Saturday — including the possibility of hacking — that prompted outages.

Buckeye President Jeff Abbas said early findings "indicate potential hacking of technical platforms used by most national multichannel providers".

Mr. Wilkowski said there have been some online reports of a group claiming responsibility for hacking the systems, but reiterated that the cause is unknown.
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I heard that the fight was kind of lame. It probably occurred at least five years too late.

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Man-Kills-Brother-Over-Mayweather-Fight-Cousin-302350431.html

http://mashable.com/2015/05/03/pacquiao-mayweather-periscope/
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