Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Digital Satellite
From: John Luedtke (jp1250@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Aug 23 2000 - 12:12:11 CDT
I would be happy to. I also want to clear up a big issue. We are not trying to hurry a vote on the issue. We have researched it for several months and the topic is on the agenda for tonights board meeting. The Dishnetwork will have a representative at the meeting. We have questions that need to be answered before a vote can be taken. If we do not receive good answers - or if the representative "has to get back to us", we will not vote on the issue and it will wait until we get the answers. I know that many people are anxious to get rid of Prime Cable, but we do not intend to make a hasty decision.
Thanks,
John Luedtke
Belinda Leeney <leenbel@hotmail.com> wrote:
John,
Can you also please send the list of FAQs to the discussion group email
list? Some of us travel and do not have the opportunity to see the post-its
around the mailboxes.
Thanks,
Belinda Leeney
>From: John Luedtke
>To: discuss@vanguardlofts.com
>Subject: Fwd: Re: Digital Satellite
>Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 10:12:06 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
> Everyone,
>
>Just to keep everyone informed, below is the original response to Amit's
>earlier e-mail. I will be putting together a list of Frequently Asked
>Questions and answers which I will leave by the mailboxes. Hopfully this
>will clear up some of the concerns and misinformation floating around.
>
>Thanks,
>
>John Luedtke
>
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> John Luedtke wrote:
>Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 10:07:51 -0700 (PDT)
>From: John Luedtke
>Subject: Re: Digital Satellite
>To: Amit Choksi ,
>"'board@vanguardlofts.com'"
>
>
>
>To answer some of your questions:
>
>
>The provider being considered is Dish Networks. They are the only one in
>our area. The information I have seen shows that the channels you
>mentioned are available. We will have to check to see whether additional
>equipment is required.
>
>
>Regarding the 10 year contract - originally they wanted 20 years and we
>said no. Prime Cable is the only choice in the area until about 2003 when
>TCI digital cable enters our area. It's the only way to get all the
>equipment free. Your points are well founded about service, technology and
>repair guarantees and the like. We will get more info on that.
>
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>Pricing for channel packages is the same as for individual homeowners
>
>
>John Luedtke
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>
> Amit Choksi wrote:
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>This is in response to the notice about a satellite system.
>
>I would like to get satellite TV, and have been wanting to do so since I
>first moved in. Looking through the list of Pro's and Con's about the deal.
>
>1) Who is the provider that we are considering
>
>2) If this provider is someone other than Dish Networks, do they offer
>Asian/Indian programming such as TVAsia and ZeeTV?
>
>3) Will a separate dish and decoder box be needed for Indian programming?
>
>4) If we choose to go with this provider and they do not provide indian
>programming, will individuals be allowed to find an alternate provider for
>just this programming?
>
>5) I would be very hesitant to lock into a contract for a technology based
>service for more than 1 year. While I understand that there are deployment
>costs that need to be offset, 10 years is a very long time. Nowad! ays,
>technology related to any type of data transmission is changing on an
>almost
>daily basis. If we sign up for this service, what guarantees will we have
>that our provider will stay current with new technologies? What guarantees
>will we have that new technologies adopted by our provider will be made
>available to us at the same time they are available to their single
>unit/home residential customers?
>
>6) Will our monthly costs be at or below what home customers pay?
>
>7) Does their contract specify a service level agreement of any kind? Since
>we will be locked in with them for 10 years, we need to make sure they have
>incentives to make prompt repairs. For example, businesses sign up to 3
>year
>contracts with phone companies for high speed fiber internet access. Even
>though they are bound by a 3 year contract, a problem not resolved in 30
>days would allow a business to terminate their contract.
>
>These are just a few questions tha! t came to mind. Maybe if you could
>summarize the questions/concerns/pluses that individuals have sent in an
>email to everyone that might spur some more thinking and conversation. This
>is a very big decision, so lets make sure we do it right and think
>everything through.
>
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