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To: Valueman who wrote (4052)	7/23/1998 7:41:00 PM
From: JMD	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10852

Valueman, thanks for the Skynet post; informative stuff. A few questions--first, how significant is this for LOR? It seems like a pretty big deal, but since numbers weren't discussed it's hard to know for sure. Little, medium, big, humongous? [you get more points for the humongous response] second,EchoStar is just leasing transponders from LOR's Telstar 5 bird--EchoStar and LOR are not joining in any type of partnership (i.e., LOR ain't getting into the content business, despite the tone of the press release, right?). Last, is the DVB buzzword meaningful? Will SkyVista be beaming really wonderfully great picture/sound quality vis a vis DirecTV or is this just a little marketing pizzazz? Thanks in advance. P.S. I love it that an Ibird goes on the fritz and G gets hammered--what are we down about 1/3 now? I'd be risking divorce if I buy any more satellite anything, but this is getting too good/ludicrous to pass up. It's either that or re-doubling my Amazon.com position, not. Best, Mike Doyle

To: Valueman who wrote (4052)	7/26/1998 6:18:00 AM
From: dougjn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10852

<<The DTH service will also be available to Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Island residents who currently lack small dish access to satellite-delivered, multi-channel digital programming.>> I've seen references before to Puerto Rico, Caribbean, Mexican etc. customers not being able to get access to the US Sat TV services. This has always puzzled me. These services are provided by GEO's which occupy equitorial, or near equitorial orbits, no? Hence I can understand why Europe can't get reception from birds parked over US longtitudes. Or Asia, Hawaii, etc. The sats are parked over longitudes too far away. But what's the problem with a latitude a bit south of the US? Should be a more vertical, and hense easier/lower power angle for them, no? For that matter, language issues aside, why can't Chile, Argentina and at least the western parts of Brazil pick up US DBS Sat TV signals just fine? Longitudes same as served areas of the USA mainland. Puzzled. Hmmmmm. Maybe I just figured it out. Those birds are AIMING their signals down to certain latitudes, concentrating them there. Is that it? I.e., even though you could point to the bird at least as easily in Puerto Rico as New York City (and would have a more vertical, less attenuated shot, the bird isn't looking your way when you're in the islands?? Doug