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>Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 10:28:04 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Ed Dente <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #6305.5 Scola or Dish TV? (!
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>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]>
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Thanks for the info.
This topic is timely for me as well. In all this discussion, I begin to
wonder if the old C/Ku stand alone solution isn't considered efficient or
effective anymore. Has it become outmoded w/ the advent of the Dish TV
system, or is it still a viable solution? I know that encoded
channels/digital reception is an issue, but has it become a
serious cost problem w/ the stand-alone C/Ku dish?
Thanks,
Ed "Manager's Decision" Dente
("Inside joke", Boston area.)
> >Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 07:25:30 -0700 (PDT)
> >From: Samantha Earp <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: Re: #6305 Scola or Dish TV?
> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]>
> >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]>
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> Hello,
> A lot of this depends on which satellite service you
> plan to use. One of the potential problems you may
> have is that the satellite setup you configure your
> system for may be changed by the provider somewhere
> later down the line. I can give you a Dish Network
> example from a couple of years ago. Originally, most
> of the foreign language programming was available on a
> single satellite, which meant the installation of a
> single dish system. This didn't last long, and when
> Dish Network moved some of the channels to a second
> satellite, about half of the foreign language
> programming was no longer available to those folks
> who'd had their system designed and configured based
> on the single dish model.
>
> A second thing to consider is that some satellite
> services don't have an "education" customer profile -
> just corporate (i.e. big hotels, etc) and individual.
> You may find it difficult to set up billing in the way
> your institution requires if this is the case.
>
> I'm not trying to talk you out of a dish system - just
> be careful!
>
> Best,
> Samantha
>
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> Samantha Earp
> Editor-In-Chief, IALL Journal
> Director, Foreign Language Technology Services
> Duke University
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> > >Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 17:51:57 -0400
> > >From: Brown/Mingus <[log in to unmask]>
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> > >To: Language Learning and Technology International
> > Information Forum <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Subject: Scola or Dish TV?
> > >References: <[log in to unmask]>
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> > Dear Colleagues,
> > The IT Director at my high school told me that
> > there is not adequate funds to bring Scola to our
> > brand-new language lab. She has talked to the local
> > Dish TV representative and believes that, using some
> > of the specialty packages, we can receive the same
> > quality programming for less money.
> >
> > I have my own opinions but little first-hand
> > experience. Can someone give me some guidance
> > before what money we do have wanders over to some
> > other department.
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > Barrett Brown
> > Maggie Walker Governor's School
> > Richmond, VA
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Edmund N. Dente
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Tufts University [log in to unmask]
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