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I was hoping for Festivus music (need to listen to something during the Airing of Grievances and Feats of Strength)

Re: SciFi HD & USA HD available in Alaska & Hawai'i: I've had the Alaska HD pack for about 16 months now, and unless I'm mistaken, these are the first new HD channels since I've subscribed. Thanks Charlie!

Seeing how Charlie has treated Alaskans (and Hawai'ians) in the past, I wouldn't expect much new HD for the last two states. For 5 1/2 months now, there have been two uplinked HD channels at 110W that Charlie refuses to turn on (Sci-Fi & USA). Why would he start giving us the same stuff as he...

Everything I've seen regarding Ciel-2 is that it's supposed to be CONUS. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for a good signal from 129W...

Woo Hoo! Alaska & Hawai'i have moved up to Second-Class Citizen status (we're now getting all of the channels we're paying for). Now if Charlie & the Boyz would let us have some of that "National" HD, we could move up to First-Class citizens!

I've got a 6-footer pointed at 110, and the numbers are definitely looking good. 8, 16, and 24 are all in the high 70s. Two of weakest TPs for us here in the Interior are 3 (7-9 on the meter), and 10 (can't get a lock).

Perhaps we should change the title of this thread to Hawai'i and Alaska get screwed again. I'm with Dune on this. We've been paying our bill for almost two years now (nearly $100.00/month), and we are still second-class citizens. While everyone in the Lower 48 is getting all of the new HD...

"How many satellites are still over at 157W?", he asked him knowingly...

Nelson; Thanks for the update. I had checked Sea Launch earlier today, and they were still showing the Galaxy 18 launch as the current one.

My crack-smoking friend at work has once again insisted that he is getting both of the channels. I just checked them myself, and they are still red, with a notice to call to get them added to the subscription. My signal strength is 25-28 on a six-foot dish.

While Sci-Fi HD and USA HD have been available down in the "Lower 48" for weeks now, Charlie's customers in Alaska are (apparently) not so fortunate. Both of the channels are still redded-out on the HD list on my ViP-211. I talked to a guy at work today who has the Alaska HD pack, and he...

Once again, people in Alaska & Hawai'i get the "driving finger" (third one from the left)...

The reason you don't hear people in Hawai'i bitching is the fact that they can go outside and do stuff year-round. It is 9 o'clock in the morning here in beautiful North Pole, and it's 27 degrees F. It is snowing. It has been snowing, off and on, for the last two days. Winter is now on its...

Still not available in Alaska... I called last week and talked to a CSR for about 10 minutes, and, while she was polite and pleasant, I got the standard "gee, I don't know...I would think you should be able to get it" reply. You know, it seems to me that, if E* is advertising a channel as...

For what it's worth... these "national" HD channels aren't REALLY "national" HD channels. To be "national", they have to be available to the whole nation. They are "Lower 48" channels. Unless Charlie & Co. want to come to Alaska and install a 12 foot dish and point it at 129W for me, I'll...