DISH Optical Network to bring service to apartments
For many answering our latest inquiry, switching from cable to satellite simply isn't possible. If you're stuck in an apartment or other form of multiple dwelling unit, there's at least a fighting chance that your landlord won't allow the drilling and such typically required to get a dish installed. To that end, DISH Network will soon be rolling out its DISH Optical Network service, which essentially takes satellite delivered material beamed to "a group of dishes" and pipes the content over fiber lines to up to 128 subscribers. Needless to say, this could be a real boon for leasers who only have a limited selection for programming, but sadly, we'll be forced to wait until rollouts begin in undisclosed locales "later this year" before wrapping our heads around a price.[Via The Capital Times, image courtesy of Sat Pro Atlanta]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Nick Santella @ May 1st 2008 4:59PM
Bell express vu should do something like this, because it really is stupid seeing five of the same satellites next to each other.
John M @ May 1st 2008 5:30PM
I don't understand exactly what they are doing that is that much better than is available now. Having a shared dish/dishes isn't uncommon on highrises, we have dishes on our roof for DirecTV and Dish and either one can be piped into your home regardless of what floor you live on.
Lawrence Chen @ May 1st 2008 5:56PM
I'm guessing Manhattan, KS won't be happening anytime soon. :(
Brian Kaempen @ May 1st 2008 8:07PM
Yah, this isn't new. My College dorm highrise in downtown Chicago has this, as every now and then the channel will drop and tell me to contact Dish Network. However, I get it just by plugging my TV into the coax as if it were cable. So how is this any different?
-Brian
Galley @ May 2nd 2008 8:19AM
Shared dishes have been around for about ten years. They're called MDU (multi-dwelling unit) dishes.