They never said in any ad materials that both ways were offered. Some people found out the way to get WMP, and at first they didn’t discourage them. Then they turned that access off. Silverlight is a lot like flash. They can update the code server side, and you’ll get it when you go to use it next. They could have easily put an authentication in to make it only work with SL, or tweaked the codec. In that case, no the stream isn’t accessible from WMP anymore.

I didn’t read the part about it being the same stream, until now, but I don’t see how that matters either way. If they want to push Mosiac and Silverlight, that’s absolutely their prerogative. They offered 1.2, not 1.2 in secondary viewers.

And the panties in a twist thing was about the anger and accusations of lying. Sometimes people aren’t told things, or are told things by their bosses that contradict reality. Who are you going to believe, the customers or the guy that signs your paycheck? People give them so much shit, but they’re just the chair jockeys in that place, and don’t deserve the shit they get, especially in that thread.

So you don’t have 1.2 anymore. Use SL and deal with the shitty feed, go down to 800 and deal with the slightly less quality, or drop your premium/whole package. I don’t see the need for anger.