The SES service that may go up at 105.5 which would allow program providers sell direct to the public would allow people to purchase programming in smaller bundles or by individual channels like c-band. Competition is good. The more the better. There is also that service which is called WSNET or HITS that uses a Primestar sized dish to pick up channels so that is already competition and those dishes are going up like crazy out here in the country in which the cable company has them put in through them.
Northpoint Pushes Compass DBS System
Northpoint Technology, the Washington, D.C.,-based company developing a terrestrial wireless system using DBS frequencies, has been meeting with commissioners and staff at the Federal Communications Commission to discuss its proposed satellite service.
The company has been pushing its Compass DBS system, which would supplement its wireless offering, at the Portals since its introduction this past Spring. During a meeting with Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy last week, Northpoint officials asked that the FCC place the Compass DBS proposal on public notice.
Northpoint executives pointed out that the FCC has moved on SES Americom's DBS proposal, which would put a satellite at 105.5 degrees if SES' plans win approval. During its FCC meetings, the company also raised concerns with the reassignment of Western orbital DBS locations to EchoStar. The Compass/Northpoint meetings are described in various ex parte filings at the commission.
In April, the commission approved spectrum-sharing in the DBS band, a service being developed by Northpoint and others, known as the Multichannel Video and Data Distribution Service (MVDDS). Satellite interests fought the spectrum-sharing move, concerned that the wireless services would interfere with their offerings.
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The company has been pushing its Compass DBS system, which would supplement its wireless offering, at the Portals since its introduction this past Spring. During a meeting with Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy last week, Northpoint officials asked that the FCC place the Compass DBS proposal on public notice.
Northpoint executives pointed out that the FCC has moved on SES Americom's DBS proposal, which would put a satellite at 105.5 degrees if SES' plans win approval. During its FCC meetings, the company also raised concerns with the reassignment of Western orbital DBS locations to EchoStar. The Compass/Northpoint meetings are described in various ex parte filings at the commission.
In April, the commission approved spectrum-sharing in the DBS band, a service being developed by Northpoint and others, known as the Multichannel Video and Data Distribution Service (MVDDS). Satellite interests fought the spectrum-sharing move, concerned that the wireless services would interfere with their offerings.
From SkyReport (Used with Permission)
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I have read on here that they are supposed to provide the local channels by coax but I think there are other ways that they can accomplish this but am not sure how they are going to, maybe wirelessly. I know that Charter has a service called Charter Anywhere and it uses a Primestar shaped dish that size that has a skew and two lnbf's to pick up two orbital slots and a switch at the ground box.
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