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Thread ID: 74192 2006-11-14 07:56:00 Concern for Optus D1 Hitech (9024) PC World Chat
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499090 2006-11-14 23:46:00 No i didnt but its working now im sure they figured it out somehow who knows with the marvels and brians of modern technology nowdays somehow they sorted it out. Hitech (9024)
499091 2006-11-15 01:09:00 Probably just needed a guy to get up on the roof and and turn the antenna a bit :D

But seriously... what a stuff-up. "Oops, it was supposed to be vertical instead of horizontal, I should have read the instruction manual before I sent it off into space."
Shortcircuit (1666)
499092 2006-11-15 01:55:00 Yeah but I don't think it is fixed, that's the issue Optus is having to grapple with right now.
From what I can make out they've jimmied up a solution so that Sky can still broadcast while they try and fix the new high capacity link with all that lovely extra bandwidth.
So yes, the D1 is working, but not how it's supposed to.
Scott Bartley (836)
499093 2006-11-15 02:04:00 From what I hear the only possible real fix for the new satellite is another new satellite, with the antennas correctly oriented. Graham L (2)
499094 2006-11-16 01:21:00 i just found out through google news optus pay tv customers in aussie are receiving new zealand pay tv channels cuz skytv is using the same beam as optus. lance4k (4644)
499095 2006-11-16 09:20:00 Where is this news article i cant seem to find even after visiting google news. Hitech (9024)
499096 2006-11-16 09:30:00 SO if new zealand is supplying sky tvs service to ozzie then how will they manage to get freeview up and running off this same satellite as they are talking about. Hitech (9024)
499097 2006-11-16 11:09:00 ..Use the Optus D2 when it's launched sometime next year, though i dont know the specifications of the sat and whether its suitable for digital jermsie (6820)
499098 2006-11-17 23:22:00 Obviously the optus B1 satellite was near death since D1 went into action this week i have been stunned as to how very very clear and sharp the picture is through sky, It just goes to show how clear you can get your picture when sky decide to spend a bit of money instead of telling us oh it must be your set. Hitech (9024)
499099 2006-11-17 23:53:00 ...It just goes to show how clear you can get your picture when sky decide to spend a bit of money instead of telling us oh it must be your set. Sounds a bit like Telecom doesnt it.

Im interested in how much clearer it would be? We dont have sky, but ive seen the quality before. Wasnt that hot then.
jermsie (6820)
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