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From: dsi@unccvax.UUCP (Dataspan Inc)
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Subject: Re: Live-Aid (some random thoughts)
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Date: Sat, 20-Jul-85 12:11:42 EDT
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   For those who are interested in the technical feat pulled off last weekend,
there is a very interesting article in the two weeks ago Broadcasting. 
No fewer than 13 satellites (including backhaul and interim link) feeds
were used, from all the major common carriers, Intelsat, and BrightStar.
Didn't anyone watch the feeds downlinked at Etam, W. Va; Rosman NC, and
all those good places (from across the pond) or the Empty-V backhaul feeds
(which were multiple) assumed to be free of the dreck which corrupted 
American television?

    (My earth station has been down for 2 years. . . snif!) Were Canadians
treated to a less polluted version?

    Intelsat is probably hopping up and down violently (talk about your
typical bunch of self-serving anticompetitive nerds) but I think even the
Intersputnik satellite was used for the Soviet feed?

dya