Sky Digital Dead

[Dragon28]

Looks like the sky satellite has finally died ... all indications are not looking good

:argh:

[Krusti]

What am I gonna do? No Signal-Rain Fade.....yeah right

[Quasievil]

Same here in Hamilton, the truth of the matter is alien activity have disrupted the digital TV Airwaves, the end is near:mega:

[Wellyman]

Rain fade here as well. Problem with sky
WM

[Devil]

Yeah, she dead up here.
Rain fade my arse. Something gone boom.

[martin]

Yeah, she dead up here.
Rain fade my arse. Something gone boom.
SHIT i've just ordered it:shit:

[MadDuck]

LMFAO...yes I too looked out the window and thought what F*&^N rain.

SKY worked through a storm that nearly blew my house off the side of the cliff I live on last Sunday...but today? Maybe I shouldnt have watched "Alien Invasion" last night :shit:

Funniest thing is trying to go to SKY website and get an answer but its quicker to come here

[Grizz]

Dead in the wild wild west too.

[saul]

Dead in Tauranga:motu: :mega:

[Finn]

It'll be Dover. He's gone and crashed into it. Great.

[MidnightMike]

Dead in Tauranga:motu: :mega:

Yeah, just got a call from the aunt, dead at her place :slap:

[enigma51]

dead as a door nail

[Badcat]

yep - was on phone to sis-in-law in nelson when it went down - died there at same time.
that's SOME rain fade i thought...
skytv.co.nz is down too - connection refused....

looks bad gents....

[Madmax]

optus B1 sat! its out lasted its life it was lanched in 92 with a 10 year
life span, its been running on a secondary processor for i think 3 years
(I think) it was quite advanced when it went up shame they never put
up the B3 sats
If the guide comps screwed it will just become more space junk
or its orbit will decay
(It may take out some other sats on the way down though Bummer)
IBM at one point were going to help put our sat up
we could use it now

:Pokey:

[MadDuck]

skytv.co.nz is down too - connection refused....

looks bad gents....

Yeah thats what I got too. Dover done a good job if it was in fact him.

PS: maybe it was Games overload. Syncro Swimming was just too much !

[Lord Pac]

h4Xx3d! :niceone:

[enigma51]

h4Xx3d! :niceone:

If you are going to smoke stuff and not share :finger:


:niceone:

[blacksheep]

gone boom in boring palmy north too,oh noo!

[blacksheep]

gone boom in boring palmy too!
:brick:

[Madmax]

Looks like its down for the count!
they take about 30 mins to reboot!
cant even get an update on Jtrack-3d!
there is only one B3 working and its over the horizon
and can be hard to hit,
checked all the packages on B1 good signal
no signal quality though

:wacko:

[Karma]

Currently the Optus B1 Satellite is out causing Digital Sky TV subscribers loss of signal. Some internet services in NZ may be affected but none of which are Telecom. Updates on the issue can be found at www.skytv.co.nz

[Big Dave]

Big eclipse in the northern hemisphere today - cue twilight zone theme.

It's them ions I tells ya.....

[MadDuck]

O i s e e

I expect a damn credit off my bill for today. I missed Coro Street due to the games and now I miss it due to Skys i n c m p t e n c e

F a d i n g f a s t

Never mind I can harrass KB instead :yes:

[ajturbo]

yes folks.. the time has come

the aliens ( who are french by the way).. have come between us and the Satellite blocking all.

we will now have to re-vert back to the 1800's when there was NO tv... and LOTS of kids...

yes that is what it is, someone at sky has brought heavily into a nappy making company ... he wants his money back in about 9 months time.......

[Mental Trousers]

Currently the Optus B1 Satellite is out causing Digital Sky TV subscribers loss of signal. Some internet services in NZ may be affected but none of which are Telecom. Updates on the issue can be found at www.skytv.co.nz

True. I thought some retard with a backhoe had dug up a main trunk fibre again.

[Madmax]

True. I thought some retard with a backhoe had dug up a main trunk fibre again.
They would have to have a f*cking big hoe to get that one
Never mind have 300+ dvd around the house can always find something
watch (mm kate beckensdale sounds good)
:buggerd:

[Riff Raff]

Thank goodness I was rescued by Mrs MrMe from a solitary night of boredom and forced to drink alcimahol, otherwise who knows what state I would have been in without the telemevision.

[kickingzebra]

Ha, now all you monkeys will have to get a life, and sit on the computer instead...

The bike is sitting in the garage, looking appealing, but two days of gastric issues, and a few large glasses of schnappes are telling me that might have to wait a few hours.

[MadDuck]

yes folks.. the time has come

the aliens ( who are french by the way).. have come between us and the Satellite blocking all.

we will now have to re-vert back to the 1800's when there was NO tv... and LOTS of kids...

yes that is what it is, someone at sky has brought heavily into a nappy making company ... he wants his money back in about 9 months time.......

Yes but statistics and Census show that we have not all succumbed to the need to produce off spring at the cost to the tax payer...so i should hoof it to the nearest pub and ...so next time we will be changing nappies instead of hanging out here...???

I missed Coro I need to cause some kinda stir for entertainment

[thehollowmen]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Electronics-photography/TVs-projectors/Other/auction-52360702.htm

[Blairos]

What a classic! - the poor person who posted that auction cannot keep up with the questions!
Dont know how Sky are going to get out of this one without forking out some credits for loss of service...:ar15:

[Streetwise]

Yup dead here to,,,Bugger.. what am i going to do,

[Hawkeye]

Never mind Sky being dead... I've got a bike that is dead.
Tried to get onto the Sky website. That's even slower than my dead 250.
Tried ringing the help line... answer machine telling me I can't get through due to overloading.

I want my money back.....:ar15: :ar15:

[Madmax]

Thank goodness I was rescued by Mrs MrMe from a solitary night of boredom and forced to drink alcimahol, otherwise who knows what state I would have been in without the telemevision.
I dont need to be forced to drink!
just going to work every morning works for me
:shifty:

[limbimtimwim]

From mid last year:

http://www.telecomasia.net/telecomasia/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=165803

Good luck with "Oh yea, we have a plan guv, don't worry!"

:rofl:

[Blairos]

Tried to get onto the Sky website.

It took forever to load, but here is what they say at this time...

Due to an outage of SKY’s Optus B1 there are no satellite services at this time.
We regret any inconvenience this may be causing you. We are working with Optus, the service provider, to restore service as soon as possible.

We expect that the phone lines will be extremely busy during this time so to be able to keep you informed we will be placing updates and information on this website.

[limbimtimwim]

Hah, even though I don't have sky, I find this is a pretty interesting story. More retarded googling. This from http://unlimited.co.nz/unlimited.nsf/default/EEF33CA2B4FE56BDCC257013007BBEC9 last year

Sky Network TV (SKY)
SATELLITE PROBLEMS OVERCOME

Key points
* SKY's primary satellite control process (SCP) failed last Wednesday, causing it to switch its service to the back-up SCP, which was completed successfully.
* We believe there is a low risk that the back-up SCP will fail but this has increased SKY's vulnerability.
* Under a worst case scenario the failure of the back-up SCP could cost SKY up to $40m or 11cps. Our fair value for SKY is unchanged at $7.02 and re-iterate our BUY recommendation.

Our Analysis

Optus B1 SCP Fails, Changeover to Back-up SCP Successfully Implemented

* SKY advised the market today that the primary satellite control processor (SCP) on the Optus B1 Satellite failed on
Wednesday, which caused it to implement its backup SCP.
* The backup SCP was implemented without any problems and we understand the downtime for the changeover was only 7 minutes.
* The key issue from here is that SKY does not have a contingent plan in place if the current SCP was to fail in the near-term. We believe this is a low probability outcome but still an uncomfortable position to be in.
* There are 36 identical Boeing 601 series satellites around the globe. Over the past few years there have been 7 instances where the primary SCP failed. In all but 1 case (Direct TV) the back-up SCP was implemented successfully. Of the 6 successful backup SCPs, the shortest period the backup SCP failed was 16 months, with the average life of the back-up SCP being around 4 years. This highlights low risk of failure for SKY's back-up SCP in the near-term.
* SKY is currently negotiating with Optus to secure a further back-up satellite to bridge the risk between now and the launch of the new Optus D1 satellite due to be completed in January/February 2006.
* The most likely contingent plan would be for Optus to identify a satellite that has spare capacity, which if required could be moved into the same location as the existing B1 Satellite. We understand moving a satellite would take about one week and SKY would incur the costs to move the existing clients from the replacement satellite plus the lost revenue from its subscribers and peripheral revenue.
* Realigning the dish on the houses is not an option, given it would take at least a year to implement the change and the new D1 satellite is due to be installed within 9 months.
* In an absolute worst case scenario, we believe the total cost to SKY would be a maximum of 1-month of lost revenue, equivalent to $40m or 11cps. Based on the experience to date of the other 6 examples where a back-up SCP has been implemented we believe this is a very low probability outcome.
* While the failure of the primary SCP has heighten the risk of SKY incurring a major disruption to its digital service given the potential delay and cost to implement a back-up service, we believe this risk can be managed to reduce the cost to less than $40m. SKY is exposed to this heighten risk until the new Optus D1 satellite is installed in early 2006.

[Finn]

It looks like we'll be without Sky for several months - I'm serious. The satelite has gone missing...

http://www.nbr.co.nz/home/column_article.asp?id=14830&cid=8&cname=News

Update: May not be that bad after all. Fingers crossed.

UPDATE: Sky TV Satellite Outage In NZ And Australia
10:10 PM, 30 Mar 2006

Sky television has been knocked off the air throughout New Zealand and Australia by what has been described as a satellite position problem.

Sky channels have been off the air since about 7 o'clock.

A spokesperson for Sky, Tony O'Brien, says the Optus B satellite which sits above New Zealand and Australia suffered an outage after a routine manouevre.

“The satellite is communicating correctly with Optus ground stations,” he said.

Optus has commenced a "re-pointing" manoeuvre to correct the signal, a procedure likely to be completed by about midnight New Zealand time.

Mr O’Brien says satellite programming would be restored as soon as Optus had realigned the signal.

UHF services are unaffected.

About 550,000 customers in New Zealand are affected by the outage.

Sky TV says it apologises to its viewers and is posting updates on the outage on the its website www.skytv.co.nz.

There are also unconfirmed reports that The Radio Network has been knocked off the air by the satellite outage.

[kickingzebra]

That just proves that you Can't leave anything not nailed down when the bros finally hit space.


Edited to cover my lack of prereading on the thread!

[Indiana_Jones]

and I f*cking booked the playboy channel too lol

-Indy

[MadDuck]

and I f*cking booked the playboy channel too lol

-Indy

Indy ask for a refund

[onearmedbandit]

That just proves that you Can't leave anything not nailed down when the bros finally hit space.
Just keep an eye out on trademe, for someone trying to flog it off cheap


Dude, you missed the previous post.

Check this (http://www.trademe.co.nz/Electronics-photography/TVs-projectors/Other/auction-52360702.htm) out. Fucking funny read too!

[Big Dave]

It looks like we'll be without Sky for several months - I'm serious. The satelite has gone missing...

Update: May not be that bad after all. Fingers crossed.




thanks a lot - I just re-plumbed my office for VHF you barsteward.

[Brian d marge]

internet telly, lets look at the current line up ...young ones . lovejoy , simpsons Super motard , a program about farming in the deep south of the us of a, Irainian news .... yup even ,,,,err p@#N ,,, french and all!!

the picture quality depends on the server , but most of it is watchable !!

Oh and its free, except super motard 29 us unlimited for a year

yup bye bye sky ....bye bye tv nz ,,,oh no its ,,,,Telescum ,,,sorry little boy we are telescum ,,,no pleasures in life for you ,,( if we could licience that rabbit you are playing with Boy ,,,we would sell it back to you and it would be , but made of polyester,and made in china ,,,we have shareholders dont yer know !

Stephen

[marty]

0600, still out. no updates on the website. no broadband. no vhf or uhf aerials on the house, no super 14 this weekend :(

looks like it's beer and bbq with no big screen tv for the house warming.......

[MisterD]

I missed Coro Street

There's your silver lining, right there.

Shit I might have to go to bloody Eden Park to see some rugby the weekend....

[GR81]

thats gonna cost a lot of lost sponsership deals for skytv! haha
sucks to be them!~

[GR81]

no super 14 this weekend :(
will they screen it on Prime?

[MisterD]

will they screen it on Prime?

I can only get Prime over the satellite and 1&3 are pretty dodgy straight through the aerial. Pubs'll be doing good trade this weekend

[Two Smoker]

NNNNNNooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!! This was almost enough to make me cry... Stuck at home, AND NO SKY!!!

[SimJen]

Sky reckons service was resumed at 8am
My daughter is watching Disney channel now :)

[Smorg]

Nope still out...............apparently the solar eclipse fried the satellite. No Eta as of yet:crybaby:

[Lou Girardin]

IT'S ON!
Put the prozac away guys, you won't have to spend another night talking to your wives, girlfriends, boyfriends, sheep etc.

[Shadows]

It must be bouncing off another satellite temporarily.
I've found the cause....
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Electronics-photography/TVs-projectors/Other/auction-52360702.htm

[MisterD]

...breaths sigh of relief......

[kickingzebra]

laughing manically, as all you guys go back to your TVs and get the hell off my roads!!

[Two Smoker]

I watch for 30 seconds and its off again...

[Skyryder]

IT'S ON!
Put the prozac away guys, you won't have to spend another night talking to your wives, girlfriends, boyfriends, sheep etc.

Wonder what the birthrate will be in nine months time.

Skyryder

[riffer]

Unfortunately some bastards have nicked it and put it up on trademe:

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Electronics-photography/TVs-projectors/Other/auction-52360702.htm

[Blairos]

Yay!!! Its back! :banana:

[MisterD]

I get some kind of server error message....trying the old hard reboot trick...

[onearmedbandit]

Unfortunately some bastards have nicked it and put it up on trademe:

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Electronics-photography/TVs-projectors/Other/auction-52360702.htm

That's got to be a record of some type. That auction has been linked to this thread 4 times!

[marty]

now it's pissing down, and out of action again. right at the end of trainspotting too. grrr

[Colapop]

5 pages of TV discussion??!!?? On a biker site??!!??



:psst: (Will rugby be on this weekend still?)

[kickingzebra]

5 pages of TV discussion??!!?? On a biker site??!!??



:psst: (Will rugby be on this weekend still?)
Cough cough cough cpoofters!! cough....
I watched video of MotoGP today though, so maybe I am one too?!

[GR81]

5 pages of TV discussion??!!?? On a biker site??!!??
:psst: (Will rugby be on this weekend still?)
beer o'clock has been taken from me, so i have nothing better to do at work on a friday afternoon :(

[Krusti]

Last nite, what to do? Either have sex or cultivate paddock till midnite. Cultivated paddock, lasted alot longer

[ManDownUnder]

LMAO.... pages and pages on something that you pay for... makes your productivity zero... and will only educate occasionally... at best.

Mate.... that's serious. Shame I don't have sky... more's the shame I actually DO have a TV... waste of bloody space that thing

[Colapop]

I like having a TV - it's stops my flower arrangements from being left on the floor!

[Madmax]

I want to know what the monkey has been playing with this time
(or maybe it was those bloody polar bears again):cold:

[GR81]

I want to know what the monkey has been playing with this time
(or maybe it was those bloody polar bears again):cold:
blame canada?!?

genuine rainfade last night i think lol

[SlashWylde]

5 pages of TV discussion??!!?? On a biker site??!!??



:psst: (Will rugby be on this weekend still?)

What's a "TV" uncle Colapop??