[82868] in Cypherpunks
Re: Direct satellite systems?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Unprivileged user)
Mon Jul 7 16:34:20 1997
From: Unprivileged user <nobody@www.video-collage.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 15:57:06 -0400
To: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
In-Reply-To: <3.0.2.32.19970705230758.0072d7e8@netcom10.netcom.com>
Reply-To: Unprivileged user <nobody@www.video-collage.com>
On Sun, 6 Jul 1997, Lucky Green wrote:
>
> My local cable killing Mars rover deployment in favor of local dog tag
> ordinances (as required by the city), made me realize it that getting my
> own dish is way overdue.
>
> I would appreciate reports on any first hand experiences subscribers to
> this list have with satellite services. Yes, NASA TV and the SF channel is
> a must. :-)
I have the Dish Network (www.dishnetwork.com 1-800-333-dish). They don't
have NASA, but do have SCI-FI, and National Empowerment Television
(net.fcref.org), both C-spans, court-tv, several cnn/cnbc type channels.
I am really happy with it. With their "better system" (dual lbnf) you can
hang up to 4 receivers - which have to be their own, but the 5000 can get
off-air and includes event timers and even caller-id! They also offer 6
channel HBO, multi cinemax, etc. I would take a look.
The big dish would get most of the above, and NASA, but would cost more.
I also looked at primestar/ussb/etc. Also lots of channels, but a
different set. I like NET, and some of the channels only on dish, but you
may prefer the channels other providers have
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