park_gate said:
It that based on fact or rumour?
One of the thing I noticed when reading about this was they seem to be selling a TV and Broadband service combined. So why would the middle east point their broadband receivers at a european satellite if they want their TV?
the following link says 2E, 2F and 2G broadband will be aimed at Europe and Africa.
_http://www.astrium.eads.net/en/programme/astra-2e-astra-2f-astra-2g-and-astra-5b-added-flexibility-and-improved.html
As the people who said 1N would have a very tight spot beam were the same people who said there would be frequency reuse I have to ask; are the claims of frequency reuse causing fring reception problems a load-of-rubbish? If not then can we have a link to a reliable source?
Terry
Oh its most definitely true - its in the press release announcing the 3 new Astra 2 birds
Wide beams with spots for the UK, Nigeria, Middle East & Russia, spread across the three new birds.
The reason for the new coverage areas is simple - the existing satellite slots are almost full but the demand for capacity is still growing, therefore the satellite operators need to open up new slots. Its almost impossible to get new orbital slots opened up these days so they start doubling up capacity on existing slots.
(Exactly like the current Nigeria beam on Astra 2B.)
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