2/9/2009 2:12am - Uplink Activity Report - 35 changes

[alebowgm]

Do not think i can get that satellite where I live. I get 110,119, and 129

You can get it if set your self up to point at it...

 

[JohnH]

Do not think i can get that satellite where I live. I get 110,119, and 129

Perhaps with a Plus+ dish.

 

[alebowgm]

I think that would be a good queston to ask in the DirecTV forum and not in the Dish Network Uplink Activity Report...

 

[digiblur]

If the EPG is correct...then hours I totally believe they will change tonight unless they run into a technical issue somewhere. The EPG lists all of DMAs I listed above as going Off Air at 2am central. Just like they did with the others and the national HD moves.

Looks like something prevented them from switching a few markets to spotbeam last night.

 

[FitzAusTex]

Digi/Nelson, thanks for the spotbeam maps! Is there a translation table of spotbeam numbers to transponders? In particular, I'd like to figure out the TPs that SB41, SB48 and SB49 are on, and I reckon other folks are needing to know that for their SBs, too.

 

[digiblur]

I might edit the maps to show that info. But you can check using TheList, which will have the maps linked on their beams shortly.

 

[gjh3260]

nice work digi and nelson on the spotbeam maps I see Mpls/St. Paul is on spotbeam 14.....will check out the signal strength tonight when I get home..........

Got a 67 reading on 129 TP 13 spot 14 last night

 

[dennispap]

No worries. D* will take my money just as easily as E.*

Why the glee? Lots of people like to get the networks in an earlier time zone and DVR them.

We are good customers and we are going to leave in droves, because we will figure out how to get distant DMA from D* just as easily as we did from E*, plus I will get Sunday ticket, MLB, and can order a souped up Tivo dvr from Weakknees which is better than then 722/

I already have a Slingbox so can live without the new combo.

Only reason I stayed this long is I have four 622/722 that I own and a distant DMA that I am happy to pay for.

I am /was spending over $400/month with dish. It is their loss, not mine. And all of this could have been averted if they weren't so stupd.

And yes, it is a failing company. Look it up. Because they do not know their customers. Pity.

What city do you actually live in ? The spotbeams for the most part go a bit larger than the actual city. Now if you live in the center of the us, you wont be able to get new york spots. But from what i can see, here in new Orleans, the atlanta spotbeam locks in here. I am central time zone, they are east coast.You might be able to move to a city that has hd locals that you can still receive. It might not be an earlier time zone, but at least it will be hd locals. But thanks to the new sat, and removing of conus locals, i will be getting my new orleans hd locals next week(fingers crossed). If it is because of moving conus, so be it. i can also tell you that a few of my neighbors have dish and have been waiting for the locals in hd. They wanted to switch to directv who have been having the hd locals for over a year, but i kept telling them with the new sat they will be coming. If this didnt happen, they would have left for directv a while back. Hd locals is what will keep dish competitive with directv.

 

[Randall DBS]

Are they gonna leave the HD markets on 118.7 for the time being or are they gonna move them to 129?

 

[jwgreen68]

No worries. D* will take my money just as easily as E.*

Why the glee? Lots of people like to get the networks in an earlier time zone and DVR them.

We are good customers and we are going to leave in droves, because we will figure out how to get distant DMA from D* just as easily as we did from E*, plus I will get Sunday ticket, MLB, and can order a souped up Tivo dvr from Weakknees which is better than then 722/

I already have a Slingbox so can live without the new combo.

Only reason I stayed this long is I have four 622/722 that I own and a distant DMA that I am happy to pay for.

I am /was spending over $400/month with dish. It is their loss, not mine. And all of this could have been averted if they weren't so stupd.

And yes, it is a failing company. Look it up. Because they do not know their customers. Pity.

I'd love to see the proof that you were spending $400/month with Dish! That would have to be a shitload of PPV because all the programming added up wouldn't be near $400! And if you spend $400/month on programming, then you obviously have more money than brains!

 

[alebowgm]

Are they gonna leave the HD markets on 118.7 for the time being or are they gonna move them to 129?

They are more than likely going to move to Ciel 2 spots sooner rather than later...

 

[theoak]

They are more than likely going to move to Ciel 2 spots sooner rather than later...

With Dish though ... "soon" is all relative ... so you could just say:

"They are more than likely going to move to Ciel 2 spots soon."

 

[tawhite]

I'd love to see the proof that you were spending $400/month with Dish! That would have to be a shitload of PPV because all the programming added up wouldn't be near $400! And if you spend $400/month on programming, then you obviously have more money than brains!

Must be ALOT of porn!

 

[jwgreen68]

Must be ALOT of porn!

 

[digiblur]

Are they gonna leave the HD markets on 118.7 for the time being or are they gonna move them to 129?

You would think they could remove them as customers that are viewing them should have 129 since they were HD customers. They might throw up slates later to move them over but I don't see that for quite a while. Seems low priority compared to get 129 online and full. 118.7 still has a few TP's that aren't even used so there isn't a bandwidth crunch there.

I might be wrong but I don't see them attacking that until the summer. But then again there might be some costs we don't see, like fiber costs, that they need to cut that would be incurred by uplinking those locals on 118.7 also.

 

[levibluewa]

NW - Minor Update

KStuart scolded me for posting this in the wrong place...I feel bad

TP4-5 are suppose to be the spots for this area...Seattle-Spokane. No 129transponder shows "spotbeam" at this time. 4-5 show NO reading. 15 which was showing "spotbeam" for over a month with a signal of 45 (old sat) is now showing 57 with "transponder" staying "transponder"...so I'm assuming that is Ciel2.

Told you it was a minor update.

Is a big "spotbeam" shift expected today-tonight-tomorrow, or is the spot shift expected to last several weeks?

 

[digiblur]

KStuart scolded me for posting this in the wrong place...I feel bad

TP4-5 are suppose to be the spots for this area...Seattle-Spokane. No 129transponder shows "spotbeam" at this time. 4-5 show NO reading. 15 which was showing "spotbeam" for over a month with a signal of 45 (old sat) is now showing 57 with "transponder" staying "transponder"...so I'm assuming that is Ciel2.

Told you it was a minor update.

Is a big "spotbeam" shift expected today-tonight-tomorrow, or is the spot shift expected to last several weeks?

You probably won't see any beams up in your area for a bit. Supposedly any TPs 1-16 are E5 beams. But I'm not sure, you would be the one to know that with the wobble in your area.

Before you were just seeing TP 15 as beam to the virtual data they loaded up in the tables and TP15 was actually active with E5 conus. Now it kind of fixed itself with all the shuffling of channels and transponders.

I expected a shift last night according to the EPG data but nothing happen. When I have time I will check tonight to see if the EPG shows an update.

 

[mike123abc]

No worries. D* will take my money just as easily as E.*

Why the glee? Lots of people like to get the networks in an earlier time zone and DVR them.

We are good customers and we are going to leave in droves, because we will figure out how to get distant DMA from D* just as easily as we did from E*, plus I will get Sunday ticket, MLB, and can order a souped up Tivo dvr from Weakknees which is better than then 722/

I already have a Slingbox so can live without the new combo.

Only reason I stayed this long is I have four 622/722 that I own and a distant DMA that I am happy to pay for.

I am /was spending over $400/month with dish. It is their loss, not mine. And all of this could have been averted if they weren't so stupd.

And yes, it is a failing company. Look it up. Because they do not know their customers. Pity.

Dish also knows how many new subs they get when they add local markets. Far more than they would lose to movers.

The way Ceil-2 is built, keeping LA on CONUS uses up a TP for national HD. Which do you think would sell more customers. The ability to skirt the law and "move" by a few thousand customers or 7 new HD national channels? Dish could pull ahead of DIRECTV in HD again for a while. Which will be more pleased: a few thousand "movers" or a few MILLION HD package subs to get 7 new channels?

Not to mention Dish will probably be able to go up to 175 or so local HD markets between the arcs on spots. Don't forget there is a new satellite coming for 77 and they will have a lot more markets there too. I would not be surprised if Dish did not have a plan to eventually carry every market in HD.

By the end of 2009 I bet every bit of the lower 48 will be able covered for HD locals, you might just have to "move" to a close DMA.

 

[Fitzie]

Dish also knows how many new subs they get when they add local markets. Far more than they would lose to movers.

The way Ceil-2 is built, keeping LA on CONUS uses up a TP for national HD. Which do you think would sell more customers. The ability to skirt the law and "move" by a few thousand customers or 7 new HD national channels? Dish could pull ahead of DIRECTV in HD again for a while. Which will be more pleased: a few thousand "movers" or a few MILLION HD package subs to get 7 new channels?

Not to mention Dish will probably be able to go up to 175 or so local HD markets between the arcs on spots. Don't forget there is a new satellite coming for 77 and they will have a lot more markets there too. I would not be surprised if Dish did not have a plan to eventually carry every market in HD.

By the end of 2009 I bet every bit of the lower 48 will be able covered for HD locals, you might just have to "move" to a close DMA.

Well said!:up The increased capacity at 77 in May will be important.

 

[Bradtothebone]

Is there anything on Ciel 2, TP 32? It doesn't show up on "The List" anymore.