EchoStar Announces Spectrum Sale and Commercial Agreement with SpaceX

[MikeD-C05]

Dish needs more content.

Not sure what improvements can be made to a Hopper 4, other than imbedding the "new & improved" plus. And, of course, the most important feature!

I say aside from the built in Plus unit, it will have 16 streams for recording and 16 satellite tuners for recording and a 4 tuner ota unit for all 4 ota networks and an 8 terabyte hard drive. Then the hopper becomes the only interface you need to your TV for both satellite and internet apps. Simplifying most people's lives and the need for extra remotes and hdmi cable inputs.

 

[navychop]

Right and monkeys might fly out of my butt.

Sounds painful.

 

[navychop]

I say aside from the built in Plus unit, it will have 16 streams for recording and 16 satellite tuners for recording and a 4 tuner ota unit for all 4 ota networks and an 8 terabyte hard drive. Then the hopper becomes the only interface you need to your TV for both satellite and internet apps. Simplifying most people's lives and the need for extra remotes and hdmi cable inputs.

If I could BUY that unit and keep using my current remotes, especially the Harmony, even without Dish service, I'd be on it. Good performance assumed.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

A red light so bright that when it pops up on the Hopper it's like a police light and covers all the walls in your house with it's radiance.

Don't let navychop see that.

 

[Juan]

Dish needs more content.

Not sure what improvements can be made to a Hopper 4, other than imbedding the "new & improved" plus. And, of course, the most important feature!

On demand charlie chats?..

 

[nelson61]

And another thing people are missing here is... Boost Mobile lives on. As does DISH.

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.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

On demand charlie chats?..

I still have the very last Charlie Chat recorded and saved somewhere. That was the one where the guest were Dan Rather and myself.

That was a crazy night!

 

[charlesrshell]

I still have the very last Charlie Chat recorded and saved somewhere. That was the one where the guest were Dan Rather and myself.

That was a crazy night!

Wish you could share it with us some how!

 

[Derek K]

You really got to wonder if this was part of the game plan all along to eventually sell.

Its good to see that Dish will finally be cash flow positive for a change and out of debt, but I think these 2 recent spectrum sales pretty much just ended Dish Networks plans on being the nations 4th facility based cellular service provider.

Maybe some focus can now be put towards improving Sling and Dish and can help subside some of the price increases we have been seeing on a bi-annual basis for the last few years.

 

[KAB]

Maybe some focus can now be put towards improving Sling and Dish and can help subside some of the price increases we have been seeing on a bi-annual basis for the last few years.

You must not be taking advantage of the two year price lock plans.

 

[Radioguy41]

So he had a great opportunity and blew it? Wasted all that bandwidth for 15 years? Put himself deep in the hole, anyone would know the price of that spectrum only went up in value. Its not like they can invent it can they? Hell they took some of the TV spectrum(UHF) because it was worth so much!

Wonder what a real company could have done all those years? Guess we will never know?

Does this make sense to anyone?

 

[AZ.]

Does this make sense to anyone?

You dont think sitting on the spectrum appreciated?
Is there limited bandwidth for carriers?
Did they not take spectrum from traditional TV freq?
Think this was a genus move? or got lucky?

 

[NYDutch]

You dont think sitting on the spectrum appreciated?
Is there limited bandwidth for carriers?
Did they not take spectrum from traditional TV freq?
Think this was a genus move? or got lucky?

It appreciated, but is it "sitting on the spectrum" when the plan was to use it as part of the 5G build out?

Yes, there's limited bandwidth for everything.

No, the FCC took the spectrum from TV, not Echostar/Dish

Or just a good business move given the circumstances.

 

[Yespage]

You dont think sitting on the spectrum appreciated?
Is there limited bandwidth for carriers?
Did they not take spectrum from traditional TV freq?
Think this was a genus move? or got lucky?

Being allowed to sell it for a profit has to be lucky. If it is legitimately being squatted on, FCC should have the mechanisms to take it back and re-auction. This is a very peculiar move. Dish/Echostar profits off US property that was licensed to them. All of this is because of outside factors that could not have been anticipated.

 

[Juan]

You dont think sitting on the spectrum appreciated?
Is there limited bandwidth for carriers?
Did they not take spectrum from traditional TV freq?
Think this was a genus move? or got lucky?

Charlie used to be a professional poker player

 

[navychop]

"Invest in land, son. They aren't making any more of it."

 

[Yespage]

"Invest in land, son. They aren't making any more of it."

Except Florida. For god sakes son... never invest in land in Florida!

 

[Juan]

"Invest in land, son. They aren't making any more of it."

* except for Hawaii

 

[navychop]

South Louisiana is moister by the day.

 

[John2021]

And another thing people are missing here is... Boost Mobile lives on. As does DISH.

Now let see Charlie buy DIRECTV for $1. I wouldn't bet against him.

charlie knows what he's doing .. with his sale of spectrum att t-mobile starlink won and verizion lost the only thing that verizion might get out of the spectrum sale is the crap spectrum the leftovers . if the moneys right and the offer is good tgp will sell it they were never in it for the long haul