"Moving" Minneapolis

tsheley

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Dec 20, 2004
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Hello,

I have been considering a "Move" to Minneapolis but I am concerned about one thing. Currently the HD Locals are available on 129 which is great. My concern is they are also available on a Spotbeam from 61.5. I live in the La Crosse, WI area and I am just outside of the spotbeam and I don't have a 61.5 dish anyways.

Are the odds pretty good that they are going to turn off the 129 feeds?
 
I think they will leave the larger metro DMAs on both satellites for some time to come if not forever to provide flexibility to installers. Most installed subs are already pointing at 129. If the HD locals are only provided on 61.5, then E* would have to add a wing dish to allow currrent subs to get locals or replace with an EA dish setup. That's an unnecessary cost for E* to bear. New future installs in your area may be EA installs unless there are line of sight issues and then the western sats are still available as an option.
 
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