[BC] Starguides: Going Away

[Rich Wood]

------ At 09:31 PM 4/26/2007, Tom Taggart wrote: -------

>Expecting everyone to have broadband is typical "coastal" thinking. 
>On the other hand, Premiere insists that you must have their 
>receiver hooked up either to a modem or lan at all times or it will 
>go away. Had it disconnected from both for over a month last year 
>while remodeling studios. No problem.

If you're in a small market they probably don't download 
market-specific spots. You might have just hit a period when your 
receiver wasn't queried for affidavits.

>Also, "broadband" out here in the boonies is not that reliable. We 
>put in cable broadband only to find it next to useless, our DSL 
>usually works reasonably well, but can go away for a day or so 
>without warning. Not exactly reliable enough for network feeds.

As I recall, the minimum they required was a standard POTS line. 
Dedicated, of course. That was one reason you couldn't use a Premiere 
receiver with any other network, especially in a major market. You 
might be tuned away from their transponder when the market-specific 
spots were downloaded.

Rich

Rich Wood
Rich Wood Multimedia
Phone: 413-454-3258