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- From: hew@Turing.ORG (Harold E. Wheaton (N6WUX))
- Subject: Re: Why is EVERYTHING good in the Western sats!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.210338.7240@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- Organization: The Turing Project, Public Access Internet Host
- References: <D2150040.lrpdl3@phunt.MV.COM> <araichel.725134250@cser>
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 21:03:38 GMT
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- In article <araichel.725134250@cser> araichel@cser.encore.com
- (Alan Raichel) writes:
-
- > IMHO, I believe that it is another cable company conspiracy to cut down
- >on ALL competition! If they could they probabaly would reduce the power of
- >the satellites so that 30' or larger dishes are required, but some cable
- >companies would probabaly complain about the added equipment costs. :-)
-
- I wonder if Paramount's ST:TNG signals have been weak due to this same
- reason; they only want their affiliates to see it.
-
- > That is why there is nothing on Ku. The cable companies don't like
- >the idea of people putting up 3' dishes and getting better service. I think
- >that several years ago, HBO was on Ku, but they stopped that.
-
- This definitely is a crime. Well, maybe not. Cable is a private group and
- can do anything they want. ..but hopefully Ku programming will appear
- in the near future without scrambling/compression..heh.
-
- > But seriously, the only other case I have heard for moving to the
- >western satellites is so that they can get customers in Alaska, etc. But
- >I can't figure out why they put EAST COAST feeds on those satellites other
- >than for the above mentioned reason.
-
- Hahahaa! They really do that? Some things aren't meant to be figured out
- I guess.
-
- > OBTW, I have the same problem. I can not recieve anything west of
- >the satellite that the SCI/FI channel is on because my house is in the way.
- >:-( I get great pictures from all the eastern satellites even with my 6'
- >dish on C band. Too bad everything is moving to the western ones.
-
- Actually too good they're moving them West; that's where I am! In fact,
- I bet they're doing it so little me can get the birds with a small (4-6
- foot) dish in the apartment patio. (In fact, the dish could sit on the
- patio without any height!)
-
- The crime is putting stuff East of Satcom K2. :-)
- -Harold
- p.s. my address will be hew@tsoft.net until further notice.
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