Service Restored to 129 Satellite!
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I hooked up a disused wing dish that was still pointed at 61.5 and did a check switch. After a little re-peaking I now have many of my HD channels back. If this is going to be an extended outage I may have to make some hard choices as to which channels I want in HD, and possibly repoint again to one of the EA sats.
If you do the calculation as percent of channels lost for percent of viewing time it works out to a dollar or two. I understand the always on argument but the practical matter is things will fail from time to time.
If it's something SES did I suspect they'll cover the costs. Depends on the contract though.
Don't know if you all are aware, but building HA (high availability) or carrier grade (99.99+%) gets fantastically expensive. The entire infrastructure is dramatically scaled up so that there are multiple redundancies everywhere.
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If it's something SES did I suspect they'll cover the costs. Depends on the contract though.
Don't know if you all are aware, but building HA (high availability) or carrier grade (99.99+%) gets fantastically expensive. The entire infrastructure is dramatically scaled up so that there are multiple redundancies everywhere.
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Here's hoping Dish tells you to take a flying leap!
I think he was being sarcastic?
After looking at "The List" I think I need to repoint my old wing dish to 72.7 tomorrow if 129 is still down. Any issues picking up 72.7 with a Dish 500?
Here's hoping Dish tells you to take a flying leap!
I certainly hope that you got that I was being sarcastic because of all the people whining about credits to their account.
You were not notified and STILL NOT notified by DISH. You only found out by visiting here.
You will most likely NOT be notified when it is fixed by DISH either!
Stay tuned here.
You will find out here at SatelliteGuys, thats for sure.
But when you wake up tomorrow and turn on the TV and see your HD channels again then that also means it has been fixed.
You will find out here at SatelliteGuys, thats for sure.
But when you wake up tomorrow and turn on the TV and see your HD channels again then that also means it has been fixed.
we can hope scott
ty for keeping us up to date 
This is what it says as of now:
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Sept. 13, 2011 - We are currently experiencing an interruption affecting the 129 orbital satellite location causing an HD signal outage in some areas. We have identified the issue and based on our current estimates, the situation should be corrected overnight and your HD channels should be restored in the morning. In the meantime, you can unplug your receiver from the main power source and plug it back in to see your standard definition channels. We apologize for this inconvenience.
While not the biggest deal in the world, I'm sure there are many like me who rely on their DVR to record their shows. I'm sure that for the few who monitor dish network news and participate in regular conversation on a forum like this one were on top of the situation. I'd imagine that most people simply missed their shows. My family missed a bunch of timers.
And the truth is we don't get HD free. The price is rolled into whatever else we pay for. If I stop sending them money, they cut off my HD.
Oh well guys... I haven't got any updates for awhile, so I can only assume that things are moving well.
I need to get to bed as I have to be up early in the morning (I am on East Coast time)
The DISH team should be around and hopefully can update us as things progress.
I am going to bed and have a good feeling this problems will be fixed.
I need to get to bed as I have to be up early in the morning (I am on East Coast time)
The DISH team should be around and hopefully can update us as things progress.
I am going to bed and have a good feeling this problems will be fixed.
