DSTV just died

[assassin]

Looks like it had a wobble. lost signal for 15 mins.

Call centres were all offline as well. ANy ideas what happened?

 

[newklear]

Mine's down too but that is because it is raining and storming

 

[Flashgear]

I had it here in Durbs and another friend said she was down too. :/

 

[drsurf]

i was looking for a forum to complain about how slow hd pvr is and then it just shuts down. yeah prob weather. the error message was one ive never seen before tho.

 

[blaaislaai]

I guess this was a countrywide problem. In capetown it's a clear sky and it was off for a few minutes as well. The message said something about the signal is lost and is being re-established.. bla bla

 

[cybershark]

mine was down too, probably a thunderstorm in Randburg.

 

[RPG_Fan]

I am fine this side. Alberton

 

[BrokenLink]

i got a hd pvr bout 3 months ago, have called about 6 times to reset the service to get it back online. works for a few hours then just gives E30 or E104 errors. have given up, its been down for a week now. if u dont have a hd pvr, under no cirumstances waste your money buying one. i bought it for the rugby, missed the currie cup semi`s cause it was down, and watched the one tri nations game in a little corner of the screen due to the signal being screwed up. so much for spending R20 000 on a tv, R5 000 on sound and R4000 on the decoder, add in R510 per month for HD dstv and u still get nothing. yay africa

 

[APoc184]

Was down here too. Would connect - disconnect - connect - disconnect.........

Took about 5 minutes to fix itself. Thought it was the weather but was clear by that time.

 

[Quantum Theory]

The channel we were watching went down. Most were still working though. Must have been some issue with the broadcast. Didn't last long.

@ BrokenLink - You have an installation issue, or some faulty equipment.

 

[Sting]

Massive electrical storm.... moved up towards Centurion about 2 hours ago and is still hanging around. Also some good rain. Feels like home!!!

 

[demon angel]

Happend to me in Cape town as well.Weather was clear with only a breeze.Missed the last half of my show!

 

[LazyLion]

now remind me how much you pay every month for this "service"?

 

[Quantum Theory]

now remind me how much you pay every month for this "service"?

Yes, it's terrible. They should be employing wizards who can control the weather.

 

[LazyLion]

Yes, it's terrible. They should be employing wizards who can control the weather.

For that monthly price you would think so! How about some gold plated satellite dishes as well?

R500 x 2 million subscribers = R1,000,000,000 every month.

 

[Alan]

Mine went down yesterday. Turned out to be a loose connection

 

[bekdik]

An alien ate the satellite. It took about 15 to discover it was indigestible.

 

[Quantum Theory]

For that monthly price you would think so! How about some gold plated satellite dishes as well?

R500 x 2 million subscribers = R1,000,000,000 every month.

Then subtract broadcasting rights, buying and production of programming, satellite space, etc. The figure will be a lot smaller after that.

 

[cr@zydude]

My DSTV signal was fine yesterday and today, but I can't access any of the DSTV touch services.

 

[LazyLion]

Then subtract broadcasting rights, buying and production of programming, satellite space, etc. The figure will be a lot smaller after that.

and that makes it all OK, how exactly?

you're still paying over R500 a month for so many repeats, defective decoders that can't record a program properly, satellite that drops out whenever a cloud sneezes and..?