Very expensive and I wonder how Dish will charge for their version of these plug in ethernet ports? I'm sure they won't let us use the ones we want . They won't make any money off of it other wise.
First Look: DishONLINE
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I am sure for this dish wont care, they will be making their money on the backend via the programming. 
Guess it isn't going to matter too much, since I have a 522.. and according to Scott a little further down, it doesn't have an Ethernet port.
Ah well.
Maybe Apple's iTV box will be a dish receiver too?:
Here is the engadget preview of the prototype:
http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-apple-itv-prototype/
It would have been neat to see Apple & Dish Network work together on a product though.
This isn't exactly true. Your location can be determined from your IP address. Check this out:
http://www.geobytes.com/IpLocator.htm?GetLocation
We made it to Engadget today.
http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/dish-network-looking-offer-movie-downloads-via-iptv/
(Engadget is one of my favorite websites! (Besides SatelliteGuys of course))
http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/20/dish-network-looking-offer-movie-downloads-via-iptv/
(Engadget is one of my favorite websites! (Besides SatelliteGuys of course)
)Those IP Lookup utilities rely on each individual ISP entering the correct geographical information in each of their routers, seperately, and cannot be trusted to verify the actual location of the router; not to mention that it's not possible to verify the street address of an IP. Therefore, you could not verify that someone is "Sharing" their Dish account with their neighbors, people in the same apartment complex, etc..
Web Scheduling
Exactly! How many times have you been at work and hear "Oh, you have to check BLANK show out! It's on tonight at 8..." and never remember to set it up. This would be killer.
Exactly! How many times have you been at work and hear "Oh, you have to check BLANK show out! It's on tonight at 8..." and never remember to set it up. This would be killer.
thanks to scott's always interesting breaking news, you guys got featured on www.dslreports.com's front page, http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/80418
Actually I think this will be one of the few times Dish has made their deadline.
Lots of work going on behind the scenes, and a lot of contracts in place for programming.
Also, lots of contracts in place on bandwidth
Did some more digging today and found these by mistake when I was looking at the classes being offered at this years Team Summit.
So here is more proof of DishONLINE (as if you needed more)
They are already wrong in the first few words:
" IPTV is the latest in satellite programming technology... "
NOT!
Internet Protocol Television.
No dish needed, no satellite needed.
In fact, you can get it by itself, from providers like ITVN, who provide the set-top box.
I think you will see capped downloads becoming a thing of the past. My cable company just upgraded me from 384/4000 to 1000/10,000 at no extra charge.
May be just in time if DishOnline is done up right.:up
Generally, it is easier to get a high bandwidth account on cable than on DSL. This is because people live varying distances from a Central Office, with varying possible bandwidth as a result (sometimes zero for those who live too far). And even those who live close to the CO may find that cable offers more bandwidth - but, of course, almost always for lots more money.
But, it is true that DSL usually doesn't impose limitations on how you can use your bandwidth (and usually have cheaper accounts).
Max downloads is still an issue, regardless what your speed is
That wasn't what he was talking about. Cable operators have been know to send nastygrams when you use the bandwidth they give you for long amounts of time. For example, you have 10mb down / 1mb up. That's great, and fast. If you use it at 80-100% for an hour or so at a time, they they don't get upset.
However, if you use 80-100% of that 10mb pipe for 10 hours a day, everyday (Maybe you're downloading the last season of LOST), THEN you get called out.
I think you will see capped downloads becoming a thing of the past. My cable company just upgraded me from 384/4000 to 1000/10,000 at no extra charge.
May be just in time if DishOnline is done up right.:up
That wasn't what he was talking about. Cable operators have been know to send nastygrams when you use the bandwidth they give you for long amounts of time. For example, you have 10mb down / 1mb up. That's great, and fast. If you use it at 80-100% for an hour or so at a time, they they don't get upset.
However, if you use 80-100% of that 10mb pipe for 10 hours a day, everyday (Maybe you're downloading the last season of LOST), THEN you get called out.
It depends on your TOS (Terms of Service) with your Broadband Service provider in your area.
My TOS doesn't have any restriction. So it is 24x7 download if you wish. But, it doesn't have much upload capability - which I don't care since I don't run a server.
Infact, some consumers willing to pay more for stable and reliable IP network for these: online games, work at home, telephone contact/call center, conference and IPTV (in future).
