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Sky seems to have gone down about 18:50 PM in CHCH - so I guess that means
probably a big chunk if not all of the country...

On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 19:32:41 +1200, Mercury wrote:

> Sky seems to have gone down about 18:50 PM in CHCH - so I guess that means
> probably a big chunk if not all of the country...


yep dead in wellington


10 mins before campbell must be telecom


cya

"Jennings" <> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 19:32:41 +1200, Mercury wrote:
>
>> Sky seems to have gone down about 18:50 PM in CHCH - so I guess that
>> means
>> probably a big chunk if not all of the country...
>
>
> yep dead in wellington
>
>
> 10 mins before campbell must be telecom
>
>
> cya

Yup, had it in Christchurch too.

The sky.co.nz website is overloaded too so it must have happened to
everyone. Has the OptusB1 backup unit given up too?????

If so, we're a long time without telly!!!

Pete.

On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 19:32:41 +1200, "Mercury" <> wrote:

>Sky seems to have gone down about 18:50 PM in CHCH - so I guess that means
>probably a big chunk if not all of the country...
>

yep down in Wellington. I can't even get back into the recorded
programs on mySky to watch something from last night.
Bugger.

Cheers
Steve

"SteveSin" <> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 19:32:41 +1200, "Mercury" <> wrote:
>
>>Sky seems to have gone down about 18:50 PM in CHCH - so I guess that means
>>probably a big chunk if not all of the country...
>>
>
> yep down in Wellington. I can't even get back into the recorded
> programs on mySky to watch something from last night.
> Bugger.
>
> Cheers
> Steve

thats only cos sky are being wankers. they should have allowed recorded
content to playback even without the signal .

but, they never expected to lose a satellite.

i want my 600 back, plus this months subscription.

"Mercury" <> wrote in message
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> Sky seems to have gone down about 18:50 PM in CHCH - so I guess that means
> probably a big chunk if not all of the country...
>

Dead in AUcks too

"SteveSin" <> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 19:32:41 +1200, "Mercury" <> wrote:
>
>>Sky seems to have gone down about 18:50 PM in CHCH - so I guess that means
>>probably a big chunk if not all of the country...
>>
>
> yep down in Wellington. I can't even get back into the recorded
> programs on mySky to watch something from last night.
> Bugger.
>
> Cheers
> Steve

What a setup!
Buy yourself a DVD recorder instead.

E. Scrooge

The message below is from SKY's website:

We have an outage on SKY's Optus B1 satellite.

At this time there are no SKY satellite services. We will keep you updated
as we obtain more information.

SKY Sport 1 is Free to Air on UHF for the duration of the Live Cricket
Awards.

30 March 2006

Mercury wrote:
> Sky seems to have gone down about 18:50 PM in CHCH - so I guess that means
> probably a big chunk if not all of the country...

“Oh, Henny Penny,” cried Chicken Little, ”the sky is falling!”

“How do you know that?” asked Henny Penny.

“Oh, I saw it with my eyes; I heard it with my ears; and part of
it fell on
my tail,” said Chicken Little.

“Let us run and tell the King,” said Henny Penny.

"Peter S" <> wrote in message
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> "Jennings" <> wrote in message
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>> On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 19:32:41 +1200, Mercury wrote:
>>
>>> Sky seems to have gone down about 18:50 PM in CHCH - so I guess that
>>> means
>>> probably a big chunk if not all of the country...
>>
>>
>> yep dead in wellington
>>
>>
>> 10 mins before campbell must be telecom
>>
>>
>> cya
>
> Yup, had it in Christchurch too.
>
> The sky.co.nz website is overloaded too so it must have happened to
> everyone. Has the OptusB1 backup unit given up too?????
>
> If so, we're a long time without telly!!!
>
> Pete.
>
Down in Auckland too, from around 7. Lines clogged..website dead..
Macca

"madmacca" <> wrote in message
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> "Peter S" <> wrote in message
> news:442b8ce4$...
>> "Jennings" <> wrote in message
>> news ldomain...
>>> On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 19:32:41 +1200, Mercury wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sky seems to have gone down about 18:50 PM in CHCH - so I guess that
>>>> means
>>>> probably a big chunk if not all of the country...
>>>
>>>
>>> yep dead in wellington
>>>
>>>
>>> 10 mins before campbell must be telecom
>>>
>>>
>>> cya
>>
>> Yup, had it in Christchurch too.
>>
>> The sky.co.nz website is overloaded too so it must have happened to
>> everyone. Has the OptusB1 backup unit given up too?????
>>
>> If so, we're a long time without telly!!!
>>
>> Pete.
>>
> Down in Auckland too, from around 7. Lines clogged..website dead..
> Macca

There's a message on the website, though it could well be blocked to ihug
and Xtra users.
Works fine on Slingshot.

You not got any DVDs?

E. Scrooge