Recent content by nelson61

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    EchoStar Announces Spectrum Sale and Commercial Agreement with SpaceX

    And, as part of the deal Boost gets access to the SpaceX cell service for unserved areas when it rolls out. Not talking about the texting deals - actual voice service.
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    EchoStar Announces Spectrum Sale and Commercial Agreement with SpaceX

    I think this article does a great Job of explaining what happened and what is likely to happen. https://www.lightreading.com/satellite/how-the-echostar-spacex-deal-reshapes-the-u-s-wireless-and-satellite-landscape
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    EchoStar Announces Spectrum Sale and Commercial Agreement with SpaceX

    And made a deal to use/sell the SpaceX space to cell phone service on their Boost network>
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    EchoStar Announces Spectrum Sale and Commercial Agreement with SpaceX

    Plus another 2 billion where SpaceX will make EchoStar's interest payments up into 2027
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    EchoStar Announces Spectrum Sale and Commercial Agreement with SpaceX

    Now - one can expect to see some type of tie up between Echostar and Directv since most if not all of those pesky bondholders will be gone.
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    AT&T Aquires some DISH Spectrum

    And , he got caught in the rapid runup of interest rates when rolling the debt over after cheap money disappeared
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    AT&T Aquires some DISH Spectrum

    Current licenses values as carried on the books. The 6 and 3 MHz licences are involved in the AT&T deal
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    16 years of Dish comes to an end

    For me, it was about $$$ I was needlessly throwing away. I do miss the hopper with it's blinding speed and ease of use but not much else
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    Dish 2025-26 Price Increases

    We are down to zero national networks and it it working out nicely If we get hungry for some national news, we pick either a local or national news streaming on a Firestick for free. They are surprisingly good
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    Dish Installs

    Various posts indicate these labor intensive ($$$) work orders have been issuing for quite some time. The question is "Why?".
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    2nd Quarter 10K

    I would think Amazon would want to buy the whole thing. Fits their video marketing, their space network, and a wireless network to go up against Google
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    2nd Quarter 10K

    The second quarter report is gruesome but well worth taking the time to review. Unlike many companies, EchoStar has always provided a full and lucid report of their status (nothing skipped or hidden). SEC Edgar Link...
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    EchoStar Sellects MDA space

    https://www.pcmag.com/news/echostar-preps-5b-satellite-network-for-phones-to-do-battle-with-cellular
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    Echostar 15 Moves to 119W

    EchoStar 15 is on station at the nominal 119W slot. I would guess some channel or programming changes will start showing up in the next week or two (assuming it was moved there to replace degraded coverage)..