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Satellite Dishes - RIP?

cafcfan
cafcfan Posts: 11,198
edited January 2018 in Not Sports Related
Sky have said today that they are moving away from satellite-based TV and will in the future provide all services via the internet. Italy and then Austria will be the first countries to be switched.
I'm guessing that means that the channels available via satellite on Freesat will no longer be viable and that service, too, will eventually disappear?
bbc.co.uk/news/business-42815603
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  • SE10Addick
    SE10Addick Posts: 2,963
    Sky are behind NowTV - all done via the internet.

    Works well for me!
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,255
    So if the internet cuts out, you lose all channels? Is our internet network strong enough to withstand all this extra data?
  • Hastingsaddick
    Hastingsaddick Posts: 4,079
    sam3110 said:

    So if the internet cuts out, you lose all channels? Is our internet network strong enough to withstand all this extra data?

    At this moment in time I'd doubt it.
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    RIP
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Really got me this one - RIP
  • paulbaconsarnie
    paulbaconsarnie Posts: 9,423
    Condolences to the satellite crockery family.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    Hastingsaddick said:

    sam3110 said:

    So if the internet cuts out, you lose all channels? Is our internet network strong enough to withstand all this extra data?

    At this moment in time I'd doubt it.
    So around 2050 then.

  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,842
    sam3110 said:

    So if the internet cuts out, you lose all channels? Is our internet network strong enough to withstand all this extra data?

    It's the way things are going. Internet speeds and bandwidth are constantly improving, and people are getting used to Amazon Fire or Chromecasts (I stream BT Sport to my TV using one, and it works very well with only the occasional drop out)

    It will be much harder for Sky to control subscriptions without the dish and box, which gave them a fair bit of control over what packages they can sell
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,733
    RIP
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  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,842
    Deep joy.

    My current speed is less than 2 mbps and BT have quoted £50k to run a private fibre network to the 8 houses in our little spot. Bastards!!!
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,767
    bobmunro said:

    Deep joy.

    My current speed is less than 2 mbps and BT have quoted £50k to run a private fibre network to the 8 houses in our little spot. Bastards!!!

    But Bob what's an extra £50K when you only share an island with 7 other dwellings?
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,842
    Addick Addict said:

    bobmunro said:

    Deep joy.

    My current speed is less than 2 mbps and BT have quoted £50k to run a private fibre network to the 8 houses in our little spot. Bastards!!!

    But Bob what's an extra £50K when you only share an island with 7 other dwellings?
    It's the principle!
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,143
    No sign of the BBC deserting Freesat at this time, so as far as I'm concerned Sky can do one.

    When I do watch on the net, BBC iPlayer, All4, or once in a blue moon ITV, buffering is pretty much to be expected at some point. And it isn't my line speed which is now 25mbps plus, even with the VPN set to UK. So I make @sam3110 right.

    It's the same issue with cellphones. Who hasn't in the last week experienced trouble with a call that dropped, temporarily or completely? Listen to the BBC Today programme, at least once a week an interview or link up is abandoned on air, and they have advanced gear to try and combat the problem.

    22 years or so, and they still can't deliver reliable calls. WTF?
  • red10
    red10 Posts: 833
    edited January 2018
    Fecking wonderful !, I have a 0.7 mbps internet connection FFS !
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,668
    cantersaddick said:

    I get my gf to do the dishes. Wouldn't know anything about this.

    Well said Phil Neville
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,846
    bobmunro said:

    Deep joy.

    My current speed is less than 2 mbps and BT have quoted £50k to run a private fibre network to the 8 houses in our little spot. Bastards!!!

    red10 said:

    Fecking wonderful !, I have a 0.7 mbps internet connection FFS !

    'Sky plans to make all its channels and content available online, giving customers the option of doing away with a satellite dish'
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,441
    One of my favourite bands when I was a kid. Saw them live many times and loved their concept LP 'Big Dish'.

    RIP

  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    I think this country needs better internet then!
  • Stewart
    Stewart Posts: 2,451
    No age at all, RIP
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  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,609
    RIP? I wonder if there will be a reception after the funeral?
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,668
    guinnessaddick said:

    RIP? I wonder if there will be a reception after the funeral?

    Very clever
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,163
    Does this also mean the end of the council house?
  • Robbo on the wing
    Robbo on the wing Posts: 4,135
    No, that was 25 years ago
  • Nug
    Nug Posts: 4,623
    Wonder if they will make you have Sky broadband to get service?
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,733
    Nug said:

    Wonder if they will make you have Sky broadband to get service?

    If they do that they can get lost.
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,885
    Bedsaddick said:

    Nug said:

    Wonder if they will make you have Sky broadband to get service?

    If they do that they can get lost.
    I was thinking more Sky can 'go forth and multiply' Beds :wink:
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    Looks like this place has had it then!

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  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,241
    Chill out

    I'm sure graphs exist to show the average broadband speed 5 years ago and the availability of it compared to now. Bobmunro has a valid moan about being quoted 50k to run a private fibre network however, let's play devils advocate here. OFCOM tell British Telecom they cannot refuse a reasonable request for telephony. So it's not unusual for them to erect 20 poles to provide a remote Scottish farmhouse with a PSTN line (A phone line) but if that remote Scottish farm wants super fast broadband he's going to have to pay, look at it from a business perspective. BT will get back say 20 quid a month or thereabouts per superfast serviice they deliver and whose to say you wont decide you dont want the super fast broadband in a years time. Any business would say the cost of the investment is not worth the return.

    That's not my opinion, I think from a PR perspective BT would be well served providing you that service however once they make a noise about it they have to do the same for every tiny group of remote homes everywhere.

    I said years and years ago broadband speed would become a big factor in house churn and house prices and I'm not shocked to be proven right. Now the government have tendered tons of bids and largely BT are the only company winning them to do joint enterprise fibre along with local authorities

    One thing this and the previous couple of governments have got right is investment in superfast broadband along with telecoms firms
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,954

    I've never had satellite TV, ever.

    Have I missed out on anything .... ?

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