I really hope it was not one of my users. Since the news came out we have had over a thousand posts / replies about it. I have not had the time to go through them all.

I did notice a staff member of another site gloating about the failure yesteday which turned my stomach.

I was acually thinking about writing about this is my MultiChannel column tomorrow as it bugged me so much.
I personaly have both saellte companies and both have differences which make each company great in their own ways. Dish has great dvrs, DirecTV has great sports coverage. I am personally wanting both companies to succed.

I can’t tell you how saddened I felt when I woke up early Saturday morning and heard the news.

Personally I fell that Dish can go ahead with it HD plans without the new satellitea as Echostar 3 still has some life to it.. Dish filed with the FCC last week to keep Echostar 3 where it was as an in orbit spare.

Lets just hope Dish can get another satellite there before life runs out on Echostar 3.