Thread: Welcome to the Uplink Center!

Originally Posted by Scott Greczkowski

We think instead of seperate uplink discussion threads to just discuss things in the uplink thread itself for that day.

This makes things easier for everyone.

A whole process was gone through to slowly evolve it into having:

- One Activity Report per week

and

- One Activity Discussion Thread per week

based on months of trial and error and discussion.

Also, by having it in the Dish Network Forum, then you could also at the same time check for other developments (legal cases, new receiver updates, etc.).

All this does is create another Forum to have to check, and in that Forum, you have to click on a half dozen different threads. You even lose the last-post-read feature, because it starts a new thread. So, you still have to check the old read for new posts, and then read the new report thread.

I realize this is a large amount of work to create this, but from the standpoint of the user:

- The exact same uplink data
- The exact same discussion ( or less discussion, because people may not bother when it is no longer in the Forum of their provider)
- More work and time to read it

as currently setup.

It seems likely to me that the above changes have nothing to do with the software, because it should be able to post its messages anywhere. Rather they seem to be executive decisions, for self-promotion.

Much like when E* adds a channel that helps them financially, rather than one the users have been asking for...

Originally Posted by kstuart

A whole process was gone through to slowly evolve it into having:...

Just subscribe to the new uplink forum with instant email notification. That way you won't have to keep checking the forum for the uplink report. When a new thread (new uplink) pops up you will get an email.

A bit harder to get to Tony, as there was SO much at 121, 148, and 77 to cover.

Great job Digiblur & all that helped put it together

I wish we could pull something like that off for DirecTV.

Agree with all that's been said, thanks for the effort Digiblur, great job!

Originally Posted by masterdeals

I wish we could pull something like that off for DirecTV.

We use to do it with DirecTV but there was a lot of inaccurate data, plus for DirecTV we needed to actually point at each DirecTV satellite, as the data is different on each satellite. For Dish they send all data for all satellites on all satellites.

I like the new automated system! Great new addition!

Give us time and we will get everything tweaked and working smoothly. I brought the first initial tests online only 3-4 days ago. I worked hard on the final changes over the weekend in order to make the Wednesday uplink report and unveil this for everyone. With the assistance of Qwert1515, we will soon have automated updates to the subscription side of TheList. If you haven't checked out TheList please do so. You can instantly see exactly where every channel is listed on DishNetwork by all satellites or even drill down to specific satellites. You can also sort by transponder and on each satellite to quickly see the load per transponder. Subscription services - The List (CLICK HERE)

It's only going to get better! Stay tuned.

If you aren't a Pub Member take a moment and sign up, it's only $20 and helps us keep the lights on and bring new features and news to your fingertips. Click here for more details.

Thanks everyone!

Originally Posted by db2

Just subscribe to the new uplink forum with instant email notification. That way you won't have to keep checking the forum for the uplink report. When a new thread (new uplink) pops up you will get an email.

Great - I get an email everytime that ESPN-Alternate moves from Transponder 8 to 27 and then another email when it moves back to 27 from 8.