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In my opinion, until such time as there are sufficient satellites in space to cover all parts of the country and the price for the service is affordable, then, yes, it is still a dream. I'll hang on to my Dish and unlimited cell phone plan until then.
"All parts of the country" will be covered as soon as they switch on the service since the satellites will be constantly moving across the sky, not parked in one location like conventional geosynchronous satellites.
The sticking point will be the number of customers they can service with a limited number of satellites in orbit, not where the customers are located.
As far as cost goes, that should be a self-balancing equation of demand vs. available capacity as they build out the system, taking into account the other options available to people in cities and other heavily populated areas.
Edited June 18 by Lou Schneider
Dishes constantly go out of alignment.
No they don't. Are you timmac on the other board?
Edited June 18 by hemsteadc
I have two dishes that I use. One is permanently mounted at my home base and I have NEVER had to re-aim it in 9 years. My other dish is mounted on a tripod when away from my home base and I NEVER have to re-aim it after the initial setup unless something hits it or other external situation that moves it. It has been the same location for up to a year at a time.
I have had to re-aim a dish once and that was after a large tree limb fell on it. Took more than a re-aim actually.
The permanent dish at our Adirondack cottage hasn't needed re-aiming since I installed it in 2010. The signal levels have been stable the entire time.
Sorry, I’ve been away helping folks realign their dishes after the bad wind we had....
BTW, in 50 years of driving I’ve never used my spare tire or had an accident. Therefore flat tires and accidents never happen....
Sorry, I'm just feelin randy today.....?
Must be some weak wristed installers over your way that don't tighten the clamp bolts very well. Even our portable tripod mounted dish has withstood 60 MPH wind gusts without losing the signal. And that one only has wing nuts on the clamp bolts. The fact remains though, there aren't a lot of re-aiming truck rolls needed overall, and the majority of truck rolls are contractors or independent retailers, not direct employees.
It's just a matter of time before everyone will be streaming video
There is no other option.....
Unsustainable at today's wages and lack of quality employees.
Reminds me of a quote I heard some time ago. "Virtually all pessimists are buried in unmarked graves."
Sorry, I’ve been away helping folks realign their dishes after the bad wind we had....
No you haven't.
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