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Wonderful. Ever since they did the last card swap my 3100 periodically freezes for 5-20 seconds at a time. What is this one going to do to it? Turn it into a brick?

As mentioned by several posters before... Most likely scenario in my mind is... - All *NEW* HD content will likely be MPEG4. A whole satellite doesn't need to be MPEG4, not even a whole transponder. - They may transition current HD to MPEG4 as well. Personally, I would either do a free...

Yes, no, yes. :) It's no secret that Bell has been working on IPTV. It's likely that while their IPTV service may but limited strictly to terrestrial subscribers, they may simply be wanting to keep all their TV services under the ExpressVu brand. How many BEV subs are also Sympatico DSL subs...

I'm in the same boat. Sure, I'd get a handful of additional channels, but nothing that I actually want or would watch. It would be nice if we did actually get a la carte programming so we don;t have to choose a theme that has only one channel of any value in it just so BEV increase their...

FSS satellites (Ku and C band like the Aniks) are required to operate at 1.9 degrees spacing in the orbital arc. This is a comprimise between the number of available slots and signal interference between adjacent satellites. BSS satellites (Like the Nimiqs) operate at 9 degree spacing, mainly...

Not sure if I'm misunsderstanding you or not but, the satellite itself really has nothing to do with the modulation or compression being used. 8PSK does require a better signal than QPSK, but they may use a less aggressive FEC to mitigate that depending on what rates are available on the...

Technically, not it probably isn't illegal. But as other have said, you may be violating BEVs service agreement. You agreed to all their terms and conditions when you signed up for the service and they can terminate your service if you violate any of those terms.

Update on Nimiq 4: http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/bustech/story.html?id=3ae98046-00e3-4461-9e97-2c7bf81fffe8 Looks like it is set to launch next month pending the successful launch on an Inmarsat satellite

If by 'sunspots' you mean sun transit season, we're well beyond that by this time of year.

The IC licenses are all held by Telesat. CRTC has virtually nothing to do with spectral licensing and orbital positions. Typically, when an orbital license is granted, there is usually a requirement for a certain percentage of the capacity that is supposed to be earmnarked for Canadian use...

You're not going to move customers from a Nimiq 2/3 to Anik F3. 1) Nimiq 2/3 are DBS band circular polarized, Anik F3 is Ku band Linear polarized. This would require significant modifaction of the ground segment supporting these services. 2) There is no Ku space on F3 as it has all been...

One thing that is often overlooked is that BEV does not own the Nimiq satellites. They never have. Telesat owns them and leases the space exclusively to BEV. I would expect that BEVs costs are related to how much capacity they want to lease, not necessarily how many satellites are in the air...

The orginal post didn't specify that the 4.9% was for the 12 months ending Mar 31. Everything else was referring to the quarters perfomance only. No other references to other numbers over the last 12 months or even any YTD numbers. I'm sure you can see how someone might get a little confused.

Certainly looks like a replacement. Cost for a satellite is about $250 million + launch costs, insurance etc. You can't blame Bell (or Telesat) for problems with Nimiq 2. It was built by Lockheed Martin and satellites are extremely complex pieces of technology. There's probably more limp...

Not really any point in berating Agent Express V over this. He's simply stating what BEV's policy is. I don't believe he's even stated his personal opinion on the matter. I think he's made it pretty clear what BEV policy is and what they will do if they find out AND why their policy is what...

I am amazed that that they have already started transferring traffic over to N4. Two and a half weeks from launch to in-service is amazingly fast. In a case like this where they need to do a traffic transfer they typical put the satellite in an unused parking orbit so that they can do in orbit...

What Ciel is interested in and what actually occurs are two completely different things. This article in the Globe and Mail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061218.wtelesatt1218/BNStory/Business/home Suggests that BEV has agreed to a long term agreement with Telesat...

Good points, but I imagine the mind to trying to keep the single proprietary hardware source is something along the lines of: - A single source is more secure than an open or licensed standard (Obviously that isn't true) - It makes support easier. Imagine if CSRs had to keep up with a dozen...

Nimiq 4 is currently scheduled for a Q2 launch. Some online launch schedules have it listed for April.

As Diogen mentioned, BEV doesn't care what happens to the old satellites. Typically when a satellite has outlived it's useful life for a particular company, they are often just put in a parking orbit until such a time as some buys it a temporary spare or orbital location placeholder such as...