I bought a house in about 1994 that had one of those huge military grade parabolic dishes. Could pick up quite a few things, including a lot of the network feeds before they made it to the news, and some foreign broadcasts. No encryption at all, but it was difficult to 'plan' to watch anything in particular.
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 7:19 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yep, it was a point-to-point service (or something like that). You got a > > special directional antenna attached to your roof. > > Are you sure you're not thinking of old-fashioned satellite TV? Not > the modern mini-dish stuff; I'm talking about the giant C-band dishes. > They're used by TV networks to distribute their programming from > central studios to local broadcast points and cable head-ends. The > occasional home AV snob would have a receiver. The programming was > all transmitted in the clear so there was nothing stopping people > other than the (usually significant) expense of the equipment. > > > Can anyone correct me if I am wrong? > > The always-reliable Wikipedia </irony> says that HBO began as one of > the first pay TV services using underground cable in Manhattan, and > Manhattan only. It later added satellite distribution. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HBO > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > -- David _____________________ "A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy." --Samuel Adams ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
