Dish Will Use Powerline Networking to Connect Receivers

[mdonnelly]

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050607/75361.html?.v=1

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Yup this is the Dishcomm technology I first showed you guys over a year ago. Besides connecting the receivers together so that only one receiver needs to be plugged into a phoneline. You will be able to listen to Sirius Radio anywhere in your house with a Dishcomm speaker kit.

Neat technology.

 

[boba]

But as with any DISH technical inovation how many bugs will it have when will it reach the marketplace? Yes it is in the 942 but only 1 942 per customer so there is nothing for it to talk to even if the software is enabled. As Scott says it was introduce to dealers a year ago will it be 2 more years before it is working? AS cell phones and VOIP becomes more dominent how much market will there actually be for this product?

 

[sampatterson]

Yes it is in the 942 but only 1 942 per customer so there is nothing for it to talk to even if the software is enabled.

What do you mean by only one 942 per customer?

 

[mdonnelly]

... Yes it is in the 942 but only 1 942 per customer so there is nothing for it to talk to even if the software is enabled. As Scott says it was introduce to dealers a year ago will it be 2 more years before it is working? AS cell phones and VOIP becomes more dominent how much market will there actually be for this product?

You don't think this is going into the MPEG-4 receivers (411, ...)?

I'm not sure what the bandwidth is on this PowerLine product, but there may be more to this than just ordering PPV or accessing your account in Dish Home.

 

[datwell]

Yup this is the Dishcomm technology I first showed you guys over a year ago. Besides connecting the receivers together so that only one receiver needs to be plugged into a phoneline. You will be able to listen to Sirius Radio anywhere in your house with a Dishcomm speaker kit.

Neat technology.

Now, if we could just get all of the Sirius channels via Dish...

Sirius is really super! I thought I would NEVER pay for radio - then Sirius came in my new Chrysler with a free year included. I finally activated it and was quickly hooked!

da Doug

 

[Billnut]

Does anyone know if we will get Howard Stern over Sirius from Dish Network?

 

[angiodan]

I don't think we will ever see anything other than music INCLUDED with our Dish fees.

Now, it would be nice if they offered all the channels on your reciever if you subscribed to Sirius, or even better, there was a small upcharge on your Dish bill to get all the channels.

 

[Peter Parker]

Does anyone know if we will get Howard Stern over Sirius from Dish Network?

No Stern. It si music channels only.

 

[DWS44]

Now, it would be nice if they offered all the channels on your reciever if you subscribed to Sirius, or even better, there was a small upcharge on your Dish bill to get all the channels.

Either of those options would be nice!

 

[kfried001]

Yup this is the Dishcomm technology I first showed you guys over a year ago. Besides connecting the receivers together so that only one receiver needs to be plugged into a phoneline. You will be able to listen to Sirius Radio anywhere in your house with a Dishcomm speaker kit.

Neat technology.

what is the dishcomm speaker kit?

 

[les017]

hopefully this doesn't kick the crap out of my X10 light control network. We'll see I guess....

 

[dodge]

Powerline carrier no good

Powerline carrierstuff reeks havoc on us ham radio operators, lots of interference!!! i dont like it

 

[David_Levin]

I'm curous about problems with X10 as well.

 

[KE4EST]

Powerline carrierstuff reeks havoc on us ham radio operators, lots of interference!!! i dont like it

I agree!!

 

[rad]

Will this technology work when the box is connected through a UPS???