D12 Operational poll

[raoul5788]

A little bird tells me that 05/06 is 'start of drift' day.

How do you know that, did he send you a tweet?

 

[TDK1044]

How do you know that, did he send you a tweet?

Nice one.

I think there'll be a press release too.

 

[harshness]

A little bird tells me that 05/06 is 'start of drift' day.

Given the absence of updated TLEs, I'd guess that it has been moving for a few days now.

The Q1 financials come out on Thursday and it seems likely that the question will come up given the proximity to the end of the Q2 window.

 

[TDK1044]

Given the absence of updated TLEs, I'd guess that it has been moving for a few days now.

The Q1 financials come out on Thursday and it seems likely that the question will come up given the proximity to the end of the Q2 window.

Makes sense.

 

[uncrules]

D12 has indeed been drifing since the last TLE. The latest TLE shows that D12 is now at 87.8

Check the two most recent TLE's. (Thanks to Sixto from the other site)

 #   Date GMT   Perigee  Apogee   Gap  Chg-Hrs   Day     Long     Lat   Inclin
171 05-04 04:32 35,920 x 36,037    117+114.46H 126.17D  87.77°W  0.04°N  0.09°
170 04-29 10:05 35,777 x 35,796     19 +24.24H 121.40D  76.03°W  0.06°S  0.09°

 

[raoul5788]

D12 has indeed been drifing since the last TLE. The latest TLE shows that D12 is now at 87.8

Check the two most recent TLE's. (Thanks to Sixto from the other site)

 #   Date GMT   Perigee  Apogee   Gap  Chg-Hrs   Day     Long     Lat   Inclin
171 05-04 04:32 35,920 x 36,037    117+114.46H 126.17D  87.77°W  0.04°N  0.09°
170 04-29 10:05 35,777 x 35,796     19 +24.24H 121.40D  76.03°W  0.06°S  0.09°

It's alive! It's alive!!

 

[wildbill129]

Good news.....

 

[jcrandall]

Finally, bout time. Get the show on the road, er, uh air.

 

[dcowboy7]

Im rooting for week of 5/28.

Thats 5 weeks from 4/23 & since that was not an option i voted "none of the abve" (lo abve).

+ only 3% voted that option too....thats odd.

 

[jdspencer]

So, once D12 is operational and the new HD channels are working, anyone know what the Local HD roll out schedule might be?

 

[Jimbo]

Finally, bout time. Get the show on the road, er, uh air.

Ah, um, not much AIR up there !

 

[jcrandall]

Ah, um, not much AIR up there !

Hmm, good point.

 

[Jimbo]

Ah, um, not much AIR up there !

Hmm, good point.

 

[raoul5788]

So, once D12 is operational and the new HD channels are working, anyone know what the Local HD roll out schedule might be?

Since most of the new channels come out on Wednesdays, my guess is the 19th for the first new channels. It could be the 26th though. Just hedging my bet!

 

[Jimbo]

Since most of the new channels come out on Wednesdays, my guess is the 19th for the first new channels. It could be the 26th though. Just hedging my bet!

I'm going with the 26th

 

[raoul5788]

I'm going with the 26th

The way Directv works, you are probably right!

 

[rich67]

could someone give a brief synopsis about what D12 is going do for the average joe blow subscriber? thanks.

 

[charper1]

It depends on what you mean by "average joe blow subscriber"; if you mean a non-HD sub then not much, but in the nut shell it will simply mean more capacity to add new channels.

 

[raoul5788]

Exactly. If you are an hd customer, you will get many more hd channels. Other than that, not much.

 

[toto]

It depends on what you mean by "average joe blow subscriber"; if you mean a non-HD sub then not much, but in the nut shell it will simply mean more capacity to add new channels.

I misread the question. Old eyes and feeble brain. I thought there was a "job" in there somewhere.