exocet_cm
In memory of dadkins
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join:2003-03-23
New Orleans, LA
clubs:  
1 edit | Free dialup...
...that's worse than paid broadband. 
Edit: You know, if I owned that satelite I would be kinda pissed off. |
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ced06
join:2004-03-12
Towanda, PA | Dialup...
It's funny because the dialup probably outperforms the satellite connection.  |
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3SGTE
ST215W
Premium,MVM
join:2000-11-23
there
clubs:
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Re: Free dialup...
said by exocet_cm  :Edit: You know, if I owned that satelite I would be kinda pissed off. Yes!
and being p-d off would come with a hefty price tag!
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DaSneaky1D
one wall to block them all
Premium,MVM
join:2001-03-29
The Lou
 ·Charter Pipeline
| Wow....IA-8?
Talk about happening at just the right time! Just think if that launch was still a year off.
Losing a broadband feeding satellite makes a fiber cut seem like static during a phone call.
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Corvus
Flaming Tards Since 2003
Premium,VIP
join:2003-11-26 | We also lost few channels
I was working on Sunday morning (Cable co) and we lost Playboy channel. Our reseller told us they lost the satellite link between them and Playboy broadcast.
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Smokey
Even drunk on a bet ya make it to Canada
Premium
join:2003-05-20
Va Beach
clubs: | No playboy?? What ever is one to do??  |
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Derch
Premium
join:2004-10-16
Tulsa, OK | How many?
Just curious, how many lost their connection? |
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Corvus
Flaming Tards Since 2003
Premium,VIP
join:2003-11-26
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Re: We also lost few channels
I told them to either get a computer and link it to the Internet with us or to use our On-demand porn movies service
BTW, one of the customers was 81 years old and called at 8h00 am... 
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BodyBumper
join:2004-06-21
Beverly Hills, CA | *puke* |
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Jeremy341
Bye
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join:2000-01-06
localhost
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Re: Free dialup...
said by 3SGTE : said by exocet_cm :Edit: You know, if I owned that satelite I would be kinda pissed off. Yes! and being p-d off would come with a hefty price tag! That's why there's insurance. Yes, companies put insurance on their satellites.
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heels_fan
1.20.09 The start of Socialism
Premium
join:2003-02-07
Columbia, TN
| Lost channels also
There were alot of channels feeds on that satellites also.
I was on call this weekend and didnt any calls from customers till about 9:30 am Sunday morning.
WE had 26 channels in total to go out. A&E pod(Bio, ect) IFC, all Adult programming, DIY,Fuse, about half of all of our PPV/InDemand.
Most channels switched over to Telstar 13, which we here had to realign one of our LNBs to be able to see it.
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NiceGuyNY21
join:2000-10-15
Buffalo, NY
·RoadRunner Cable
1 edit | reply to ced06
Re: Dialup...
said by ced06 :It's funny because the dialup probably outperforms the satellite connection. hah that's funny... funny but true  |
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NiceGuyNY21
join:2000-10-15
Buffalo, NY
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to Corvus
Re: We also lost few channels
said by Corvus :I was working on Sunday morning (Cable co) and we lost Playboy channel. Our reseller told us they lost the satellite link between them and Playboy broadcast. i noticed that too... i had to put my sunday morning whack off session on hold... all i got was a big white screen for hours upon hours... oh damn the tv wasn't on |
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dloseke
join:2002-08-03
Omaha, NE
| reply to heels_fan
Re: Lost channels also
Yeah, we lost quite a few (the same I imagine) in Omaha and also switch to Telstar 13, but it took a few hours to do so. Had lots of people calling in because their late night porn wasn't working..... |
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heels_fan
1.20.09 The start of Socialism
Premium
join:2003-02-07
Columbia, TN | reply to Jeremy341
Re: Free dialup...
"The satellite was self-insured by Intelsat". Per the press release issued by Intelsat Ltd.
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doppler
join:2003-03-31
Blue Point, NY
| Funny what goes around comes back at you.
Maybe now. Starband will stop sending DNS requests to
my company's system.
Even after complaining to them. They could not be
bothered to check thier DNS servers. 1000's of request
aday are misdirected to our system. We are not a
public or private DNS server.
I really felt like setting up a mini-dns server to take
those requests and direct them to somewhere very
inappropriate. Somewhere like a spam or porn site.
But then I said naaa. |
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flushls
join:2004-11-02
Joyce, WA | reply to ced06
Re: Dialup...
Yup, if you are using VPN or any non html protocol then yes dial up is better.
This Whole thing is just another nail in Sat BB's Coffin.
I think I will stick with my p*ss poor dial up for now.
Flushls |
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borborpa
Slipping Slowly Into Oblivion
Premium
join:2002-02-20
New Cumberland, PA
clubs:
 ·Speakeasy
| Ouch!
Doesn't $6,000 - 11,000 seem a BIT STEEP for the equipment!?!? Especially considering Directway is $600? I don't see how Starband could be THAT much better.
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The Beer
I Love It When A Plan Comes Together
Premium
join:2001-07-24
Omaha, NE
clubs: | reply to dloseke
Re: Lost channels also
Well judging by those stations lost, and broadband satellite service.
Nothing was really lost now was it?
Hard to believe anyone noticed it missing! |
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Jim Gurd
Premium
join:2000-07-08
Plymouth, MI
·Comcast
| reply to heels_fan
Re: Free dialup...
said by heels_fan :"The satellite was self-insured by Intelsat". Per the press release issued by Intelsat Ltd. Self-Insured = uninsured. |
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