Any Reason NOT to get Eastern Arc Dish

[ScooterS]

Here are 2 scenarios:

- Customer in Austin TX has a 2 Dish Setup. One is a 1000.2 with a wing dish on 61.5. The 61.5 dish is showing LNB Drift.


- Customer in Austin TX has a Dish 500 (110/119) setup. Locals are currently off-air, because there is no 61.5 dish.

Both customers have new MPEG 4 receivers and smart cards.

Both customers would prefer to have a single dish setup. Line of sight is not a problem.

Is there any reason, other than cost, not to move to Eastern Arc Dishes???

 

[Lt Disher]

I don't live in Austin so my info might not be totally correct. You will have to verify.

According to "The List" there are 6 SD Austin locals on the 119 satellite. Only 4 of these are in HD on the 61.5 satellite. It looks to me like there is the possibility of losing KNUA and KLRU which are SD channels on 119 but not on 61.5.

In addition, the 4 HD's are also listed on the 129 satellite but are "not Available". If there is no hurry for these customers, perhaps DISH will eventually make these available on 129 and then a 1000.2 solution (WA) with all 6 channels might be another option. Of course, there is no guarantee of when or if ever they may be lit up on 129.

 

[ScooterS]

I wonder if there is any chance that Austin will become a "Western Arc" city, rather than
"Eastern Arc." I'd hate to buy the EA dishes, and then have everything move to WA.