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  1. K

    DirecTV allows subs to drop locals

    I don't know if it rolled out to everyone yet, but the option is now available under Manage TV Package.
  2. tjboston5676

    EchoStar/Dish raises doubts about 'ability to continue as a going concern'

    Yes. Most farm areas (atleast where I live) don't even have cell service period. They literally have to have a landline phone or drive 5-10 miles just to make a phone call.
  3. Bruce

    Streaming Is The New Cable

    The Verge is owned by Vox Media, who is one of the owners of Vox Media, Comcast. Once again, I get the vast majority of content from Paid Live TV, HBO, Showtime, streaming shows, Netflix, Apple TV and I spend about $70 a month, all of the services at the highest tier ( except Peacock) so no...
  4. ncted

    Streaming Is The New Cable

    I keep seeing reports like this: https://www.theverge.com/24152330/netflix-hulu-disney-plus-hbo-streaming-cable-video-verge While bundles are now available and ads are pervasive if you don't want to pay to avoid them, there is are significant differences: 1. You don't have to bundle streaming...
  5. H

    Song Name Game Part 3!

    Alberta Bound-Gordon Lightfoot
  6. Juan

    EchoStar/Dish raises doubts about 'ability to continue as a going concern'

    Rural areas have more powerful cell towers than urban...the reason is a cell tower biggest limitation is number of users..so in a urban area you have smaller cells with directional antennas to serve pockets of dense population..rural you have 1 tower with omnidirectional antennas to serve a much...
  7. glrush

    HBO Max/Discovery+ Merger

    Per this article, there may be some question on what "match" means: https://awfulannouncing.com/warner-bros-discovery/tnt-nba-future-matching-rights-david-zaslav.html
  8. Scott Greczkowski

    Spring Cleaning?

    Good thought on the influencers... I will have to look later at the script I made to import their videos to the forum and see if it can all go into one forum, or needs to be seperate. I would like to hear others feedback on the Krells idea.
  9. Bruce

    HBO Max/Discovery+ Merger

    You are about a week late, NBC already offered $2.5 Billion, Warner can match. Has offers from both, will total about $8 Billion a year for all three deals.
  10. Y

    EchoStar/Dish raises doubts about 'ability to continue as a going concern'

    I think the no revenue from this investment could be a bigger issue. I mean, yeah, the debt is bad, but if you have revenue, you generally get more options for rolling the debt. Dish's SEC filing stopped just short of saying they were going to need to talk to "Tony at the corner" about a loan...
  11. TheKrell

    Spring Cleaning?

    Same here. Combine away. I also think that the DirecTV forums could become sub-forums of the DirecTV Support Forum a la Dish. Do the influencers (still cringe with that word) need individual forums or couldn't they all be placed into one Influencer forum?
  12. nelson61

    EchoStar/Dish raises doubts about 'ability to continue as a going concern'

    Reaching 75 percent is a minor problem Rolling or offloading the billions in debt due this year is THE problem.
  13. glrush

    HBO Max/Discovery+ Merger

    WBD is also between a rock and a hard place in their negotiations with the NBA. There is much reporting that NBC is considering a bid and that the NBA is close to renewing its contract with Disney along with a deal with Amazon...
  14. T

    Spring Cleaning?

    Go for it.
  15. Y

    EchoStar/Dish raises doubts about 'ability to continue as a going concern'

    Of course, if Dish isn't going to make money with their 5G system, it doesn't matter if they've deployed their service to 105% of the US population. Admittedly, I just made this one up. :D
  16. T

    The Decline of Google Search

    Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad0Jhzc9C34 Direct YouTube Link - The Decline of Google Search TWIT's Website TWIT Live Feed
  17. Scott Greczkowski

    Spring Cleaning?

    No. DIRECTV does not want that. I am talking with our DIRECTV guys now and coming up with ideas. :)
  18. Bruce

    Spring Cleaning?

    Cannot announce it in the regular DirecTV Forum? Some of the forums you wish to combine has had more recent posts then the Cutting Edge area. And is not Cutting Edge for new equipment for DirecTV, that is not about to happen, specially since it is going up for sale soon.
  19. MikeD-C05

    EchoStar/Dish raises doubts about 'ability to continue as a going concern'

    Typically , urban areas have high density buildings , while suburban and RURAL areas have low density housing. Low density housing typically refers to residential areas occupied by single-family homes or buildings with a small number of units. Low density neighborhoods are generally more...
  20. Bruce

    EchoStar/Dish raises doubts about 'ability to continue as a going concern'

    Quit trying to start another Rabbit Hole discussion, the FCC never required them to be in a rural areas, they required 75% of the United States, since they are still not in LA, Boston and Charleston , the biggest of those, LA Metro, has a population of 18 Million and 33,954 square miles, making...
  21. Juan

    EchoStar/Dish raises doubts about 'ability to continue as a going concern'

    I believe they are above 70% now...it all depends what the FCC calls rural and also coverage just means the service is available...they don't measure how many people can receive a signal at their particular location...if you live in timbucktoo..dish only needs 1 tower and they have service...not...
  22. MikeD-C05

    EchoStar/Dish raises doubts about 'ability to continue as a going concern'

    They have said for the last year that the rural areas are what will be a boogaboo, because of covering less dense areas. Less dense and rural are pretty much the same thing. Rural areas are not full of a large population like cities like L.A. California. "DISH has a deadline of mid-June 2025...