3/25/2009 1:34pm - Uplink Activity Report - 55 changes
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So now we have two identical channels of CSPAN-2 and no CSPAN-3 !
I wonder if this shuffle is because CSpan 3 will be coming soon... I hope so as it would be a great addition...
It is a bad situtation for Dish to be in. They could have not announce any new HD then everyone would have been ragging on the Charlie Chat and Dish as being worthless. Turning them on at the last minute makes everyone upset and antsy. If I had to speculate I would speculate that they have a technical hold up on one or more of the channels they are trying to work out to launch them as a group.
Hey, on a slightly different topic here...
I wonder if CSPAN2 is permanently moving to 211 and CSPAN3 being added to 212?
I wonder if CSPAN2 is permanently moving to 211 and CSPAN3 being added to 212?
The channels are picked up in your area at the POP and backhauled via fiber to the uplink center feeding that spotbeam...which happens to be in TX.
I was actually thinking the same thing Tony. I never understood having a space between C-Span and C-Span 2 in the first place, but C-Span 3 is already provided FREE to anybody who carries the other 2 channels so maybe they are finally adding it.
I'm not getting it in HD. I checked the website and it no longer shows WSFL on there although it used to. I still get the SD version but no HD.
I SO don't understand why they picked New Braunfels as an uplink site. We are in flash flood alley here in Central Texas. We had hail as big as 2.8" yesterday afternoon. We can get 4" of rain in 30 minutes. That kind of weather has got to affect the uplink, no?
There are several across the US:
https://rweb.echostar.com/departmental_content/TechPortal/content/tech/techmiscupli.shtml
And actually there are more now since the design of Rainbow1/E12 at 61.5 required it.
They have to spread them out since they have to reuse the uplink frequencies too, reverse spotbeam basically.
With all the TMP channels up there, it is possible the channels are there, just waiting for a name change and status change to available.
Some of the Local HDs are not there, but slots have been assigned.
Not really a bad situation to be in. If charlie would have said "these new hd channels coming April 1st", that would have quieted everyone looking for an official announcement. Then like i said, Just imagine how happy everyone around here would have been when the "april 1st" channels turned on 1-7 days early? Now, everyone is mad/disbelieving , saying they will be on 5 mins before april 1st, etc.
Dish made their situation like it is. Technically they can come on 1 minute before April 1st, and dish didnt lie. But if that is what happens, Dish should have just said April 1st.
For the statement to be correct, the channels can come on anytime before 12:00 AM 04/02/2009. Up until that time is still "by April 1st".
Well that would even be worse than 5 mins before. If that happens, Dish should have said ON April 1st
Exactly. Until then, your Rock of Love and For the Love of Ray Jay incessant reruns will have to be in SD.
This is correct, and from what I am hearing now it appears they will be turned on via the regular uplink next Wednesday.
I have heard they wanted to get them up earlier but they are having technical issues with one of the channels and for some reason they have to launch them all together.
