so If I have a dish pointed at 110,119 and 129.will I get all the new channels.i'm in the eastern area.but what is ea?
Yes. EA is eastern arc. E* has two separate groups of satellites that provide the bulk of their normal programming. To the west is the 110, 119, and 129W group and to the east is the 61.5, 72.7, and 77W group. Heretofore, 129W and 61.5W have carried identical national programming and 110/119 and 72.7/77 have carried identical national programming for their respective arcs. Subs therefore needed access to either 110/119 and either 129 or 61.5 or 72.7/77 and either 61.5 or 129 to receive all national programming. Before the creation of the eastern arc all subs had a 110/119 install regardless of where they resided. E* acquired the satellite at the 61.5 slot and spotbeamed locals to markets in the easterm half or so of ConUS where the spots reached. Thus many people ended up with 110/119/61.5 setups. E* then created an eastern arc of satellites to better serve the eastern part of the U.S. Only new subscribers received a full eastern arc install with a 1000.4 antenna to receive 61.5/72.7/77. Existing subs received a second dish for 61.5 and ended up with 110/119/61.5 setups. As long as 61.5 and 129 had identical programming, there was no difference in having a 61.5/72.7/77 or 110/119/61.5 setup. That has now changed so that the 110/119/61.5 setup probably will not receive all available programming. This is likely a temporary situation though.