</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Hammer:<br /><strong> The other companies went bust and took everyones money and this is the reason why you don't pay up front. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I do not think that is quite right. I think you will find they were shut down by the OZ government (NSS6 Ku feeds to OZ).<br /><br />I see X-Free had a 3 year contract with the Indian Government on INSAT 2E (c band) but it has now been shutdown as well within the first year.