CrickLinx -- manna for US cricket lovers

If you haven't done so already, run and check out www.cricklinx.com.  This is the latest competitor to Willow's internet streaming (www.willow.tv).  However, there is no comparison.

First a disclaimer.  I have no link of any sort with cricklinx, other than being a customer.

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Cricklinx offers High Definition (1.2M) and Standard Definition streams, and are streaming all 3 contests -- the Ashes, India @South Africa, and Pakistan @NZ live.  The quality is very good, and superior to Willow.

A quick side-by-side comparison with Willow is:
Quality: CrickLinx HD quality is much better (the SD is equivalent to Willow's quality or slightly better). Cricklinx is promising a 3M feed -- I can't wait -- though the HD is very high quality (viewed on 65" HDTV, off a wireless feed to my laptop)
Highlights: Both provide highlight packages available on demand
Replays on Demand: Willow provides full replay facilities for all Test matches on demand and keeps those available for a long time.  Cricklinx only provides on-demand replays for T20s as far as I can tell; they seem to have introduced the Ashes on demand, but by not providing on-demand replays for all matches they are missing a trick -- disk space is cheap, and they could easily do this for a few days.
Feed: Cricklinx has 4 servers but they all show the same feed -- Sky TV HD.  Willow has 3 feeds, and this allows you to switch if one goes down -- but so far, Sky hasn't gone down.  A couple of times, Sky has switched from cricket to soccer, and missed switching over for some time -- usually they are pretty quick, but one time it took at least 5 minutes, and I switched over to Willow.
Commercial interruptions: Sky doesn't have anywhere near as many as the Indian channels that willow streams.  So Cricklinx wins that one.

So, what is my recommendation?   I had willow (and still do, as it was a year package and was very welcome).  But after trying Cricklinx out, I had no hesitation in purchasing Cricklinx anyway, and prefer it (but for the replays).  My recommended package is the 360 package for $80, as that apparently gets you *ALL* cricket, including the World Cup & IPL4 -- plus, of course, India's tours of England, WI and Australia...

Of course, before you buy -- check out the demo feed and see if your internet connection has the bandwidth for either the HD or SD feeds.  If you can get the HD, get it for sure, as it is breathtakingly good in quality.

ObDisclaimer: I have no commercial interest in cricklinx.com of any sort.  However, they are doing an excellent job, and it is in my interest to keep them flourishing and profitable so they continue to improve their service to cricket-starved fans in the US.
ObFinePrint: This post should not be viewed as providing any guarantee, implied or otherwise, about how long Cricklinx.com would continue to exist.  I am satisfied enough with their service to date to purchase the 360-day pass after using them on a per-series basis for a month (NZ@Ind).  This is strictly Caveat Emptor.  Given that I happily paid over $100 in the past for individual series on much poorer quality, I'm more than satisfied.

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Bharat