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brandon11983 · 07-12-2005, 08:56 AM

You know I totally forgot about spotbeams. I sold Dish and DirecTV for two years, but my store focused primarily on Dish. Spotbeams do have a very narrow spread, so they only cover a certain region. catback hit pretty much every point that needed to be made. I haven't been in the satellite biz for a few years now, so I apologise if I'm a bit rusty. There certainly are legality issues involved though. I used to live in a small town in northwestern IL and I would always have to explain to customers why we could not legally turn on Chicago locals for them. They were in an area that already had a local affiliate (Quad Cities) and they had to receive them and not Chicago.

07-12-2005, 08:56 AM	#7 (permalink)
brandon11983 Stereophonic Location: Chitown!!	You know I totally forgot about spotbeams. I sold Dish and DirecTV for two years, but my store focused primarily on Dish. Spotbeams do have a very narrow spread, so they only cover a certain region. catback hit pretty much every point that needed to be made. I haven't been in the satellite biz for a few years now, so I apologise if I'm a bit rusty. There certainly are legality issues involved though. I used to live in a small town in northwestern IL and I would always have to explain to customers why we could not legally turn on Chicago locals for them. They were in an area that already had a local affiliate (Quad Cities) and they had to receive them and not Chicago. __________________ Well behaved women rarely make history.