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Only modestly. For such a catostophic even to be remedied in less than
half a day, as far as BMI users are concerned, I find quite remarkable.
The repositioning was quite easy and I give them a hat's off for the
communication that Jeff maintained with us. As far as PanAm is concerned,
140million in cost is a pretty big thing to have multiple contingencies
sitting around doing nothing else but wait for a failure.
JB
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> From: Earl Adamy <eadamy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: BMI says do not realign
> Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 8:26 AM
>
> I feel much more charitable about vendor problems caused by a satellite
going
> out than I do about problems caused by a vendor which is unwilling to fix
> problems which are well within its control. I think we need to give this
thing a
> few days to sort out before we'll know if contingency planning has been
> adequate. My initial read on things is that it's the responsibility of
the
> carrier, e.g. PanAmSat, to incorporate backup capabilities into their
service.
> PanAmSat, with multiple satellites, should be in a position to
redistribute
> loads from a failed satellite to other satellites. The costs for each
satellite
> user to maintain redundent transponder capacity on different satellites
would be
> extremely high and extremely wasteful.
>
> PanAmSat has been experiencing problems with Galaxy IV for well over a
month and
> had already ordered a replacement with expected launch in late 1999.
Without
> knowing the details, it appears to me that it has been PanAmSat which has
failed
> to deal with the loss of Galaxy IV on a timely basis. Heck, with a
significant
> portion of the country's communications out, PanAmSat couldn't even
manage to
> communicate effectively with the press.
>
> Earl
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Everson <pae@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wednesday, May 20, 1998 10:44 AM
> Subject: BMI says do not realign
>
>
> >I feel blind. Anyone else feeling less than charitable about DBC's
> >contingency planning?
>
>
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