Re: If launch successful, new service starts in April 2007 in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r17389959 en Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:42:04 EDT Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:42:04 EDT Re: If launch successful, new service starts in April 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17392132 hayabusa3303 :
said by battleop See Profile :

I have and still use daily a 8 Foot dish with a 4DTV Receiver and some MPEG-2 Boxes.
10 ft dish here and 4dtv with motorola hd box. Best picture out there hands down. ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17392132 Sun, 03 Dec 2006 21:53:05 EDT Re: If launch successful, new service starts in April 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17391163 battleop : LOL Apparently I have to amend my post for you.

/sarcasm ON
Oh why, oh why would Cable rely on such an un-reliable technology? Heck everyone knows that every time you get a drop of rain the picture goes out.
/sarcasm OFF

I have and still use daily a 8 Foot dish with a 4DTV Receiver and some MPEG-2 Boxes.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17391163 Sun, 03 Dec 2006 19:23:21 EDT Re: If launch successful, new service starts in April 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17391079 battleop : Well duh.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17391079 Sun, 03 Dec 2006 19:07:36 EDT Re: If launch successful, new service starts in April 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17390392 Topmounter : Thanks for clearing that up guys... it always amazes me how some people can speak so definitively about something they prove that they know nothing about with those same definitive words.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17390392 Sun, 03 Dec 2006 17:01:21 EDT Re: If launch successful, new service starts in April 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17390149 digiblur : There's nothing stopping you from using a 10 footer for DishNet or DirecTV, but the huge difference is C Band is around the 3.7ghz-4.2ghz band and the main band DishNet and Direct use is 12.2ghz-12.7ghz. One of the other reasons for the bigger dishes is due to the 2 degree satellite spacing.
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And now for the PAP2-NA and unlocked PAP2's.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17390149 Sun, 03 Dec 2006 16:09:41 EDT Re: If launch successful, new service starts in April 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17390119 digiblur :
said by battleop See Profile :

Oh why, oh why would Cable rely on such an un-reliable technology? Heck everyone knows that every time you get a drop of rain the picture goes out. :)
LOL.. apparently you are only familiar with pizza dishes. C-Band is not affected by rain. A lot of the programming you watch on cable and pizza dishes comes from C-Band.
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And now for the PAP2-NA and unlocked PAP2's.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17390119 Sun, 03 Dec 2006 16:04:59 EDT Re: If launch successful, new service starts in April 2007 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17389959 TKJunkMail :
said by RIRWIN1983 See Profile :

When in all actualy cable gets about 75% (a guess) of its programing from a c-band satellite.
There is a big difference in the size of the dishes used by the cable companies and by home users to capture signals. The C-Band dishes have a much better ability to capture a signal during inclement weather.
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Also, I've never seen DBS do this. Even with poor grounding! Oh, and I've never fallen asleep on a customer's couch, either! ;)

I'm a DirecTV installer. Personally, if you are losing your picture due to precipitation, your dish isn't pointed accurately enough to begin with. A properly aimed dish will almost never lose signal enough for you to visually notice.

Worried about snow sticking to your dish? A good coat of WD-40 in November should get you through the winter without a hitch-er, pixellation!

I lose my signal on my DirecTV about once a year, usually when we have our infamous annual July hailstorm. Guess what? Comcast's signal degrades severely during this time as well.
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If the launch goes as planned, WildBlue will conduct in-orbit testing and plan to offer service with the new satellite in April 12, 2007, pushed back from the original January date.
Sharing the launch will be a satellite built by Lockheed Martin for Americom to provide service for cable companies in the US. The WildBlue and the Americom sats will launch from Kourou, French Guiana.
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AMC-18 is an all C-band satellite, designed to offer full North American coverage including all 50 U.S. states, the Caribbean and Mexico from 105 degrees West longitude. It will become the third satellite in this section of the "arc" delivering cable programming
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