</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by ruthless@oxford_falls:<br /><strong> There were two brief interruptions to SKY’s satellite service on Monday and Wednesday evenings. Following enquiries from SKY, the operator of the B1 satellite that is used by SKY, Optus Networks Pty Limited, last night advised that the primary satellite control processor (“SCP”) on the B1 satellite has failed and that service is now being provided by the satellite’s back up SCP. <br /><br />SKY is reviewing with Optus options to provide further backup for the services in the event that the backup SCP on B1 was also to fail. <br /><br />SKY has contracted to purchase additional capacity on two new satellites from Optus, with the D1 satellite scheduled to be completed in early 2006 and the D2 satellite 18 months later.<br /><br /><br /> http://www.skytv.co.nz/index.cfm?pa...mp;dsp=nr&newsid=150&nrcontent=0 <br /><br /><br />B3 does not have much life to go ... maybe 5 more years - what might of interest is UBI and the ADF sharing a certain satellite ...<br /><br /><br />D1 will be taking over from B1 (and Optus have moved forward plans to bring it online 6 months earlier)<br /><br />Yeah its been a while since I have posted here, but hey UBI finally looks like its getting back up to speed, lets hope it does not run out of money again .. um I mean like TARBS did.<br /><br />BTW: Lisky, please don't post info about OPTUS in this forum, I'm sure that the info that was given to you was for your eyes only. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Hey Oxford where have you been? Liski isn't the only one that has splattered that on the net What you put above was also put by apsattv and others so its old news mate. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/default/smile.gif" />