Thanks to the Dish Network Uplink Center
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I have been able to talk and email these guys about my local hd problems. These guys have really been great to me and made sure the problems were fixed. They see that I am from Alabama from my location on my post and are probably saying " yea, we know who this @ucker is. LOL
You might want to say that again next February when people are complaining about the rates going up...Gotta pay for all that stuff somehow
Simulsat. Instead of having a bunch of dishes it's one big dish that pics of many satellites, they just have to put the LNB and point it at the spot on the dish for the satellite they want to pick up.
Simulsat 5, Simulsat C/Ku and Simulsat 7 Projects
I remember those days. Remember 8765309 was for more then calling Jenny 
I am now at Coors field with claude from dishstore. We are sitting 10 rows behind home plate. The Rockies are winning 7 to zip.
I am now at Coors field with claude from dishstore. We are sitting 10 rows behind home plate. The Rockies are winning 7 to zip.
I remember those days. Remember 8765309 was for more then calling Jenny
I am now at Coors field with claude from dishstore. We are sitting 10 rows behind home plate. The Rockies are winning 7 to zip.
I remember those days, heck still have a DishPlayer somewhere....
That's amazing!! (the Rockies winning)
Enjoy the ballgame guys!
Glad that you have a chance to take in some of Colorado's sights and sounds - Dish headquarters in englewood is where I was born & raised! Now I'm on the West Slope side of Colorado growing peaches & peonies. Palisade peaches - best in the world IMHOI remember those days. Remember 8765309 was for more then calling Jenny
I am now at Coors field with claude from dishstore. We are sitting 10 rows behind home plate. The Rockies are winning 7 to zip.
I am not sure, but take a look at this very small portion of the wiring at the uplink.
Man I would hate to try finding a bad cable in the bunch here.
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One mile of cat 5 cable is ~10 500 ft spools. That's 1.5 million spools.
That's why I have a hard time with the claim.
One mile of cat 5 cable is ~10 500 ft spools. That's 1.5 million spools.
That's why I have a hard time with the claim.
No wonder copper is so expensive! Of course, they could be using fiber. That is expensive too!
Ted
I think you're off by a bit...but no one ever said the cables had to circle the Earth at the equator
Was that used in the movie Contact?
No - that was the National Radio Astromony Observatory in Socorro, NM
I am not sure, but take a look at this very small portion of the wiring at the uplink.
Man I would hate to try finding a bad cable in the bunch here.
OMG.
I think you're off by a bit...but no one ever said the cables had to circle the Earth at the equator
I'm not off by that much.
1 mile == 5280 feet. 10 x 500 ft box of cable == 5000 ft. 10.5 is a better approximation, but it's the scale of the number that we are interested in.
Circumference of the Earth is literally just under 25,000 miles either around the poles or around the equator. The earth is slightly oblate, so it's a hundred or 200 miles difference between the two. For easy math I used 25,000 miles.
6 x 25,000 miles (per trip around) is 150,000 miles.
10 boxes per mile is 1.5 million boxes.
This is about the scale of the number, not an exact count on boxes.
