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Paul and all of us 'Data-challenged' people...
I just spoke with someone at BMI and they are still at the mercy of Hughes. It
is still not clear whether the original satellite can or cannot be
re-positioned. If it cannot be repositioned, they will move the feed to the
K-Band of a different satellite, although Hughes made a vague reference to
trying to 'perhaps' move a different satellite into G-4's orbit. So BMI can't do
much until the satellite owner makes a choice, unfortunately.
If it makes you feel better, I also just spoke with a large trading institution
and although some of their quote services are running fine, many of the systems
they use for trading are either completely dead or fairly disabled by this
satellite outage. This touches all of us in the markets, as well as anyone that
has a real-time update beeper-so that would include traders and doctors, amongst
40+ other million people in America.
Me? I give up feeling deprived. I took my profits in positions and I'm taking
this as an omen to get outside and enjoy the fine late-spring weather here in
Chicago. Go outside, take a deep breath, and let those feelings of deprivation
goooooo...
Tim Morge
Paul Everson wrote:
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> The "customer service bulletin" page changed around noon to add "do not
> attempt to realign" to their blame El Nino message ... oops I mean Galaxy 4.
>
> http://www.dbc.com/bulletin/bmibulletin.htx
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> I feel blind. Anyone else feeling less than charitable about DBC's
> contingency planning?
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