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Premium
join:2004-01-04
Andover, NJ | Vast Wasteland So many channels, so little to watch. | |
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join:2006-10-27 | Re: Vast Wasteland The competition for sponsors is so bad that most re-run the same 5 or 10 commercials all day, everyday.
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I haven't failed, I've found 10,000 ways that don't work. | |
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cdru
Go Colts
Premium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
| No kidding. When I signed up for FiOS TV I got the movie package (Showtime, Starz, Encore, plus a few other movie channels) along with HBO...something around 75 or 80 total channels plus VOD. Yet I still can't find a movie often that really compels me to watch. | |
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hayabusa3303
Over 200 mph
Premium
join:2005-06-29
clubs: | Nice It will be 4 or 5 months before they flip the switch, and go live, alot of testing to be done.
Good work sea launch.
Boeing 702 spacecraft for a life of 15 years. They are starting to make them last alittle bit longer now. | |
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| DMS1
join:2005-04-06
Carrollton, TX
| Re: Nice said by hayabusa3303  :Good work sea launch. Very good work. They were spot on with the inclination and perigee and just 2.8 km high on the apogee (which is an error of 0.0077% and well within the acceptable error of 103 km)! | |
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Gilitar
join:2000-11-20
Mobile, AL | You will see the death of Dish Network begin in about six months. They can't do anything right.
Congrats to Directv on a job well done. | |
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belawrence
It's All About The Games
join:2000-08-06
Santee, CA
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
 ·Cox HSI
| Re: Dish Network is going to get killed said by Gilitar :You will see the death of Dish Network begin in about six months. They can't do anything right. Congrats to Directv on a job well done. If I had a dime for every time someone stated DN was going to fail, I'd be rich. Seriously, how did Dish do anything wrong seeing as it wasn't their bird in the first place-they were simply going to lease space on it to regain transponder space lost on an existing bird that primarily serves the east coast only(61.5 degrees). Assuming it was going to be used for HD locals, I don't see it as much as an issue as if push comes to shove you can put up an off-air antenna and receive HD locals OTA.
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| | flyingjoey
join:2005-11-07
Jersey City, NJ | Re: Dish Network is going to get killed Weren't DirecTV and Dish trying to merge a couple of years ago.
If DirecTV keeps this up, Dish may become a takeover target. | |
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Anonymous_
Anonymous
Premium
join:2004-06-21
127.0.0.1
clubs:
·RoadRunner Cable
·Time Warner Cable
 ·Time Warner VOIP
| Re: Dish Network is going to get killed said by flyingjoey :Weren't DirecTV and Dish trying to merge a couple of years ago. If DirecTV keeps this up, Dish may become a takeover target. at'n't would buy them out any how | |
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| wierdo
join:2001-02-16
Tulsa, OK
·Future Nine Corpor..
·Teliax VOIP
| said by Gilitar :You will see the death of Dish Network begin in about six months. They can't do anything right. Congrats to Directv on a job well done. How quickly people forget. Wasn't it just last year (or was it 2006?) when Sea Launch had a couple of launch failures that left the Spaceway satellites grounded for months and months?
God forbid we go a little farther back and note that DirecTV has had a few of them fail to reach orbit themselves.
Not that I think Dish is worth anything as a TV provider, but that's for reasons unrelated to satellites or their launch.
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It's wierdo, not weirdo. Yes, I know that's not the 'proper' spelling of the similar english language word.  | |
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| | Gilitar
join:2000-11-20
Mobile, AL
 ·AT&T Southeast
| Re: Dish Network is going to get killed said by wierdo :said by Gilitar :You will see the death of Dish Network begin in about six months. They can't do anything right. Congrats to Directv on a job well done. How quickly people forget. Wasn't it just last year (or was it 2006?) when Sea Launch had a couple of launch failures that left the Spaceway satellites grounded for months and months? God forbid we go a little farther back and note that DirecTV has had a few of them fail to reach orbit themselves. Not that I think Dish is worth anything as a TV provider, but that's for reasons unrelated to satellites or their launch. The problem is that right now is a transistion period with people buying HD sets. When people spend the money on an HD set they will want a provider that offers the most HD.
Dish Network is in a tough position right now. The only way for them to compete is on price and hardware superiority. This will lead to lost revenue and profit. | |
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| DMS1
join:2005-04-06
Carrollton, TX
| said by Gilitar :You will see the death of Dish Network begin in about six months. They can't do anything right. Congrats to Directv on a job well done. I think they will both survive, but now, and for the immediate future, Dish Network is looking very much like the poor cousin. | |
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TuPaK
join:2002-07-21
San Gabriel, CA
·Charter Pipeline
| Re: Dish Network is going to get killed lol
they are actually doing a cardswap and replacing Nagra (once again)...
"During 2005, we replaced our smart cards in order to reduce theft of our service. However, the smart card replacement did not fully secure our system, and we have since implemented software patches and other security measures to help protect our service. Nevertheless, these security measures are short-term fixes and we remain susceptible to additional signal theft. Therefore, we have developed a plan to replace our existing smart cards and/or security chips to re-secure our signals for a longer term which will be implemented later this year. The project is expected to take approximately nine to twelve months to complete. While our existing smart cards installed in 2005 remain under warranty, we could incur operational costs in excess of $50 million in connection with our smart card replacement program."
" Increases in theft of our signal, or our competitors’ signals, also could cause subscriber churn to increase in future periods. There can be no assurance that our existing security measures will not be further compromised or that any future security measures we may implement will be effective in reducing theft of our programming signals."
»dish.client.shareholder.com/secf···-08-4989
it will take 6-8 months and I'm guessing it will be compromised in the same time frame after. | |
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DirecTV 11 Satellite Launched Successfully
