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Gold Member Username: Lklives
Post Number: 6817
Registered: Jan-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, January 03, 2007 - 10:25 am: |
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All these sites ALWAYS have the latest files, bins, how to's, manuals, guides, dish pointing calulators and tips, hardware info, jtag info, newbie and getting started sections, actively moderated with a no troublemakers and no bashing allowed policy.. and are free, and only require a simple free registration...Your email info is kept private, unless U specify differently..and U will be notified via email of any replies to any questions U may ask (or U can shut that feature off, if U like)..and your IP is sacred and never released..
Some of these specialize in particular FTA receivers as noted next to their links..
If U want real info, trouble free, no costs, friendly help, no hassles, latest files and manuals, then use these...these are well established, and have a long history, and are the best known sites throughout the entire DSS community for many years now...
Ecoustics is NOT a Dss site, since is has NO files, no manuals, no guides, little info, no specific categories, and is almost impossible to find anything because every thread here has been allowed to be hijacked (because no mods are active) and the Subject does not relate to the posts within it....also Ecoustics is basically an Electronics site for home audio, television, DVDs, stereo's, and things of that nature, NOT FTA satellite information
So again I highly recommend using ANY of these sites in this first post!....U pick one and use it for fast , friendly info and files, and many of these also have a LIVE chat area what U can get an IMMEDIATE response from a reliable knowlegeable sources!...U will save yourself much time, especially if you are a newbie to this hobby!...and most all also will have the latest keys posted as well, and the keymaster, keyripper, key grabber utility files to download as well....and if plastic is your thing , some also have an area for that as well as FTA..Good Luck and enjoy this hobby!
Final Solution Free To Air:
http://www.fsfta.com/index.php (All receivers)
Future FTA - Blacklist's Site:
http://www.future-fta.info/forum/index.php (Pansat)
Curious Contraptions Community:
http://www.curious-contraptions.com/forums/ (All receivers)
FTA Tech - Free To Air Community:
http://www.ftatech.net/forums/ (All receivers)
DVB Spider - Free To Air Technology:
http://dvbspider.tk/ (Spacestar)
Free To Air:
http://www.f2atv.com/ (C00LSAT and All receivers)
DSS Newbies:
http://www.dss-newbies.net/forums/ (All receivers)
DSS Evolution:
http://www.dssevolution.com/ (All receivers)
DSS Rookie:
http://www.dssrookie.com/forums/ (All receivers)
Global Airway Technology Specialists:
http://www.gat-s.biz/forum/index.php (All Receivers)
Total FTA
http://www.totalfta.com (VIEWSAT and All receivers)
Cut and Paste these into your browser:
REMOVE the * in links below:
http://forums.dsstester.c*om/ (All receivers)
http://www.dsscommunity.c*om/forums/ (All Receivers)
http://www.al7bar.t*k/ (All receivers)
http://www.hashhu.c*om/forums/ (All receivers)
http://www.dsscentral.n*et/ (All Receivers)
http://www.pantecf2a.com/support (Pantecs,all clones and all receivers)
http://www.gat-s.biz (All receivers)
File Share Site - No Registration Required:
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Good for gettting Original factory firmware:
http://www.ftacentral.c*om/ (All receivers)
Satellite Finders (Look Angle Calculators)
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http://www.arachnoid.com/satfinder (Dish 500 support)
http://www.satellitenut.com/calculators/SatelliteHeading.html
http://www.hollsco.com/Products/SatCalc/
http://www3.telus.net/rampage/skew.htm (Dish 500 support)
http://www.remotesat.com/lookangle.htm
Satellite Charts
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For information on all satellites and channels they offer
http://www.lyngsat.c*om/america.html
http://www.satcodx.com/ |
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Silver Member Username: Asharfi
Post Number: 420
Registered: Aug-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, January 03, 2007 - 12:28 pm: |
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I'm sure you'll soon be putting DssWorld's name here because now it'll support all the comman receivers, the forums have changed, so if you guys have a little free time, have a look at www.dssworld.co.nr - Forums |
Bronze Member Username: Super_mod
Post Number: 12
Registered: Nov-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, January 03, 2007 - 03:28 pm: |
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Cyber DSS |
Bronze Member Username: Canndy
Post Number: 47
Registered: Nov-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, January 03, 2007 - 03:36 pm: |
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Hi, hopefully www.LiveFTA.com will be up on that list. |
Bronze Member Username: Poser
FTAPlayGround.NET
FTAPlayGroun...
Post Number: 70
Registered: Dec-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, January 03, 2007 - 04:11 pm: |
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All the above are great sites however most if not all will go down at peak times, that's when smaller but reputable sites will come in handy,
give these guys a try too it's just another site with hard working staff:
www.ftaplayground.net
Support/Files for all boxes.
Live Keys for DN and B3v.
In-House Satellite Look Angle Calculator.
Arcade with more than 300 Games.
Warez appz,games,music,adult |
Silver Member Username: Asharfi
Post Number: 425
Registered: Aug-06
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| Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 03:51 am: |
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There you go! Now, put this link on that list, too www.dssworld.co.nr. Yes, they've proved that they're trusted! NOW Support all receivers - ENJOY! |
Bronze Member Username: Ardi
Post Number: 22
Registered: Nov-06
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| Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 12:54 pm: |
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live fta .com
so you are the guy to answer me
How to disable auto roll on ariza extreme |
Bronze Member Username: Poser
FTAPlayGround.NET
FTAPlayGroun...
Post Number: 85
Registered: Dec-06
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| Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 06:09 pm: |
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topoli I'm not sure since i don't have one but
try going to the key section where you go to nagravision 2 to enter the keys, just before going to nagravisoin2 look on the bottom see if the autoroll option is there, |
Gold Member Username: Lklives
Post Number: 6859
Registered: Jan-06
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| Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 06:13 pm: |
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Thanks for the disrepect and Hijacking this thread too! |
Bronze Member Username: Poser
FTAPlayGround.NET
FTAPlayGroun...
Post Number: 88
Registered: Dec-06
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| Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 06:24 pm: |
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my apologies LK, No harm intended, just trying to help this guy, |
Bronze Member Username: Ardi
Post Number: 24
Registered: Nov-06
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| Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 06:56 pm: |
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poser posing auto roll option is not there
Iwish it was |
Bronze Member Username: Canndy
Post Number: 75
Registered: Nov-06
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| Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 07:50 pm: |
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Topoli, go into Parental Control > You will see Key EMU > Turn off Autoroll. |
Gold Member Username: Lklives
Post Number: 6864
Registered: Jan-06
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| Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 09:06 pm: |
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Ignorant...hell, just trash the thread! |
Gold Member Username: Lklives
Post Number: 6865
Registered: Jan-06
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| Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 09:07 pm: |
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I'll just quit wasting my time posting here... |
Bronze Member Username: Lksuxit
Post Number: 77
Registered: Dec-06
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| Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 09:52 pm: |
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We have all heard that lie before LK. |
Silver Member Username: Asharfi
Post Number: 438
Registered: Aug-06
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| Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 09:55 pm: |
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Add this website to the list: www.dssworld.co.nr |
Bronze Member Username: Lksuxit
Post Number: 78
Registered: Dec-06
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| Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 09:58 pm: |
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Thanks spammer...I mean AV, but you already said that in this thread, this is the third time. Spend some money on marketing. |
Gold Member Username: Lklives
Post Number: 6867
Registered: Jan-06
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| Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 10:04 pm: |
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Here we go, the azzhole is reappeared..worthless POS...do us all and society a favor, and just do yourself in..U get your rocks off being an azzhole here, but nobody even likes U..and NEVER has!...so screw ya!...
IGNORE the azzhole!..and U can suckit forever |
Bronze Member Username: Valliputter
Post Number: 11
Registered: Nov-06
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| Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 10:19 pm: |
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i lost my all the ch. on my fav. list on 61.5.....anybody help pls? |
Gold Member Username: Lklives
Post Number: 6871
Registered: Jan-06
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| Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 10:28 pm: |
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sam...listen, if U want help, then U must take the time and post PERTINENT needed info before anybody can help U...posts like yours here are of no use to you or anybody who can help U...
Post everything U can, about your hardware, what happenned, when , how...what U did ...how to tried to fix...how many sats do u have...etc.. |
Bronze Member Username: Valliputter
Post Number: 12
Registered: Nov-06
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| Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 10:30 pm: |
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thx Lk |
Bronze Member Username: Valliputter
Post Number: 13
Registered: Nov-06
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| Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 10:34 pm: |
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i m new in to this ....i have fortek recever i think with panset program ...most off the ppv on 110 and 90%offf 61.5 gone |
Bronze Member Username: Valliputter
Post Number: 14
Registered: Nov-06
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| Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 10:38 pm: |
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everything was okay this morning..just got home from work no ch. on 61.5..i mean on my fev list only few work on 61.5 |
Gold Member Username: Lklives
Post Number: 6873
Registered: Jan-06
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| Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 10:42 pm: |
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are U new to English?...can u say how many satellites and LNB's U have..what type...any switches, cables, connections, scans, bins, new keys, autoroll..etc....we canot help U with that limited info..U need to go READ and learn!...I helped U before...now U must help yourself...this is NOT Plug N Play...or ask and answer all in 1 post!...U can't learn how to fly a plane without doing some reading, well this is NO different!
IF U have NO clue about these things then U need to use a site from the thread "List of Reputable Dss sites (satellite forums) and start READING!...this is NOT the place for a newbie to begin when first starting this hobby!..there are NO manuals, guides, how to's, categories, and getting started areas here! |
Bronze Member Username: Valliputter
Post Number: 15
Registered: Nov-06
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| Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 10:45 pm: |
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lol |
Bronze Member Username: Ardi
Post Number: 25
Registered: Nov-06
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| Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 10:50 pm: |
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live fta .com
in ariza'extreme's parent control there are no EMU
All there is is the password change |
Bronze Member Username: Valliputter
Post Number: 16
Registered: Nov-06
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| Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 10:50 pm: |
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i told u body i m new here....i did try to read before asking for help...took me 3 hrs here online...i have 2 dish 110 and 61.5..sat working fine but lost 90% off my ch.
i hope u understand..never my mind my english |
Bronze Member Username: Lksuxit
Post Number: 79
Registered: Dec-06
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| Posted on Saturday, January 06, 2007 - 03:28 am: |
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I thought you were done here...again, LK? What's up, most men I know do what they say, oh that's right, you are far from being a man of your word. F' you (and no I will not lower myself to your level to cuss and scream at people). You are the biggest jerk in dss, be a man, quit talking crap to newbs who don't know any better. You want to help people...keep your trap shut, your help is like sandpaper to an open wound. You and your sites that you soooo proudly display as reputible, are no good. You are nothing but a thorn in this site's side, no wonder they try and get rid of you. They are right, you are f'ed. |
Bronze Member Username: Lksuxit
Post Number: 80
Registered: Dec-06
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| Posted on Saturday, January 06, 2007 - 03:35 am: |
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Sam, nevermind LK, he is just a tired old man who has no patients for helping people. He is rude and has a good time keeping his post count up by saying bad things to people. This site has very little for people who need help. Go to Cyberdss.com or Al7bar.tc and they will help. They are not rude like LK is, and you will get the help you need. } |
Gold Member Username: Prfrmnj
Post Number: 1143
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Saturday, January 06, 2007 - 03:58 am: |
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Great another spammer. LK Suxit - can you be a little more original? Really do you think anyone who know what this site is all about gives a flying -- you get my point. Go craw under the rock you just came from. |
Bronze Member Username: Lksuxit
Post Number: 81
Registered: Dec-06
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| Posted on Saturday, January 06, 2007 - 04:35 am: |
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Oh man, I made LK log in under one of his other names...stfu you idiot, do you honestly think anyone buys your bs? |
Gold Member Username: Lklives
Post Number: 6874
Registered: Jan-06
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| Posted on Saturday, January 06, 2007 - 10:08 am: |
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LK Suxit...U have been told in the past, and again now to leave!...U simply are NOT wanted here by anybody!...are U that stupid or that blind?...its one or the other!...so hit the road kid!...and I have no other nicks here, unlike U!...U are pissin on the wrong trees here pal, we are 2 different contributing regulars..and U ARE NOTHING here and anywhere!...so take a hike! |
Gold Member Username: Lklives
Post Number: 6900
Registered: Jan-06
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| Posted on Saturday, January 06, 2007 - 11:14 pm: |
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ALL NEW bins released minutes ago for ALL Pansats and pansat clones..and the Fortec Ultra..have been released and now posted at www.dsscommunity.c*om/forums
2500...287
2700...290
3500...306
2800
5000
6000
2500 clone...287T ...and the Fortec ULTRA
2700 clone...290v1
3500 clone...306TC
remove the * in link and register FREE...email address and IP are kept private.. |
Bronze Member Username: Lksuxit
Post Number: 86
Registered: Dec-06
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| Posted on Sunday, January 07, 2007 - 02:29 pm: |
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Lol, LK, you really think you have any control here? You my fine feathered friend are the one nobody wants here. You are a washed up old man with little more to contribute then insults and empty threats. Kindly f' off, go back to whatever rock you lived under before becoming the big post queen you are here. |
Gold Member Username: Lklives
Post Number: 6916
Registered: Jan-06
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| Posted on Sunday, January 07, 2007 - 03:03 pm: |
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blow me! |
Silver Member Username: Minn_rocks
H-Town.....
Post Number: 183
Registered: Aug-06
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| Posted on Sunday, January 07, 2007 - 03:10 pm: |
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BLOW ME!!! |
Gold Member Username: Lklives
Post Number: 6964
Registered: Jan-06
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| Posted on Monday, January 08, 2007 - 04:59 pm: |
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READ FIRST POST HERE....COPY AND SAVE IT ON YOUR COMPUTER!!! |
Bronze Member Username: Poser
FTAPlayGround.NET
FTAPlayGroun...
Post Number: 97
Registered: Dec-06
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| Posted on Monday, January 08, 2007 - 05:46 pm: |
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READ FIRST POST HERE....COPY AND SAVE IT ON YOUR COMPUTER!!!
Yes master LK, I'm gonna save it, burn it to a DVD, make 200 backups and hide some of them in a deep hole in my backyard just to make sure I'm never lost.
then I'm gonna print 100 copies and send to friends and family since those sites are the only places anyone on this planet can get help.
After that I'm gonna buy a big a*ss printer and print wall papers of the first post and wall paper all the walls in my house and my neighbors, I surely wanna have good sources for my FTA needs and who would know any better than you LK,
thanks for the informative and life saving post.
You save us newbies ever minute of everyday,
Thank you.
LMAO,
Now start bashing, or grab a picture from ur family photo and post it here,
Another good site for help, check it out,
bookmark it if u like it:
http://www.ftaplayground.net
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Gold Member Username: Lklives
Post Number: 6966
Registered: Jan-06
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| Posted on Monday, January 08, 2007 - 07:15 pm: |
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SPAMMER...SCAMMER...
My first post lists multiple sites and is not spam ....UNLIKE EVERY POST U MAKE HERE! |
Bronze Member Username: Lksuxit
Post Number: 89
Registered: Dec-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 04:02 pm: |
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LMAO Poser, that was too funny.  Good one on the original comeback LK, you are losing a little in your old age. |
Silver Member Username: Poser
FTAPlayGround.NET
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Post Number: 113
Registered: Dec-06
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| Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 02:44 am: |
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Call it what u want LK, Fed up with ur bs,
Just trying to help and when I see nicks from here in the ftaplayground.net I know that you are the only one who thinks I'm spamming or whatever, Don't worry bro we talk about you in the chat and we laugh at how u have this illusion that you're in charge here, no problemo, Have fun man with the capslock, LOL,
For a free, newbie friendly and LK free learning experience check out:
http://www.ftaplayground.net |
Gold Member Username: Lklives
Post Number: 7030
Registered: Jan-06
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| Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2007 - 10:09 am: |
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Poser...small people do small talk!...obviously U and the playground are Very small! |
Gold Member Username: Lklives
Post Number: 7095
Registered: Jan-06
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| Posted on Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 10:44 pm: |
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bump... |
Gold Member Username: Lklives
Post Number: 7096
Registered: Jan-06
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| Posted on Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 10:47 pm: |
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Earthquake...servers and sites..
LK
Gold Member
Username: Lklives
Post Number: 7084
Registered: Jan-06
Posted on Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 12:19 pm:
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The Most of the traffic has already been diverted over alternate routes around the broken fibre optic cables, both by us and by our backbone providers (i.e.. Asia Netcom, who own some of the cable capacity). In this way, your connectivity was restored very quickly. However, the alternate routes in most cases are not as fast as the original fibre optic cables (i.e.. Satellites are not as fast as fibre optics - they have additional latency and can have some packet loss, and re-routing via Australia means additional about 50-100ms additional latency as it is further out). So while connectivity has been restored it is not yet optimal. We are continuing to do what we can on our end with additional adjusting of the routes across our backbone providers to further improve the situation.
The actual undersea fibre optic cables are still undergoing repairs, and the backbone providers still have their ships in the ocean around the clock, dragging it up onto their ships and repairing the severed sections. There are multiple ships from multiple carriers doing their respective repairs on their lines, so restoration speed varies. The repairs are taking longer than they originally estimated due to there being multiple parts severed and very bad weather/seas which are impeding their progress. They have not given a firm ETA on all repairs as it also depends on the weather to be completed but are expecting data to start flowing on the cables in a week or so, although absolute full capacity restoration might take longer. China Netcom (which is one of the backbones we have connections to) have said they expect all their cables to be at 100% restored capacity by 15/Jan with partial fibre optic repairs completed this week for improved performance, another backbone has said about a week (8-9/Jan) for their lines. There was considerable over-supply of fibre optic bandwidth prior to the earthquake, so not all cables will be required to restore speed to the previous level, and even if half the cables are restored service should be more or less at the same level already.
In the mean time, you will see that ping times and packet loss are somewhat higher than usual, but it should work.
You can rest assured, that we have negotiated top-level bandwidth and access for your servers and equipment over normal residential or similar users from our backbone providers, so you are getting premium access across the remaining bandwidth available on the backbone's alternate routes. Thus, you are receiving the best connectivity and bandwidth from the backbone providers that they have available, so as they improve their connectivity, you will be the first to see the increase in speed and performance.
On the upside, the Taiwan earthquake breakage has lead OFTA (the Hong Kong Telecommunications Authority) to review a emergency disaster co-ordination plan between the various backbone providers, so that in the event of a future massive natural disaster or similar, capacity can be quickly co-ordinated and shared/exchanged between the backbones on agreement. However, a similar large earthquake disaster is said to not occur for at least 100 years so it is very rare to have an earthquake of this magnitude.
You can also read more on the earthquake, OFTA, the cables, and current progress at the following sites, but note that not all sites are reporting accurately as different companies have different repair schedules and plans:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/01/business/connect.php
http://www.blogherald.com/2007/01/01/worldcom-is-the-unlikely-saviour-after-the- taiwan-earthquake/
http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=78964
5 ships are now on-site repairing the severed submarine fibre optic cables.
The exact breakage's in the cables have been identified:
Four undersea cables linking Taiwan to south-east Asia, the United States and Europe have a total of nine ruptures caused by the December 26 earthquake off Taiwan's south coast.
A cable connecting China to the U.S. Has three ruptures, one connecting south-east Asia to the Middle East and Western Europe has two ruptures, and two cables forming part of the Asia-Pacific Cable Network have 2 ruptures each.
Most of our clients have the majority of connectivity restored, with almost no locations anywhere in the World unable to reach our network (even if slower than usual). Ping times to the USA, while normally 150-200ms, are currently hovering around 200-350ms. There may also be some packet loss depending on the data route taken and the time of day (as all the alternate routes globally are stretched to their limits).
One of our backbone providers China Netcom has repeated that, weather permitting, within the next week to two at least one of the direct fibre optic lines should be repaired to the USA, which will restore routing from alternate routes (i.e.. Around Australia, Europe, satellites) back to using direct HK-USA routing. This should drop ping times to most USA locations back to the usual 150-200ms range, and will indirectly reduce packet loss to all other locations because the alternate routes will have less traffic and less strain, and thus will not be overloaded anymore.
Also note that because most USA/Canada and Western hemisphere traffic is currently going via alternate routes such as Australia or Europe, the speed from a USA computer to a server with us in Hong Kong also depends on who the USA ISP peers with. Some cheaper or less well connected USA ISPs may not have many peering partners (e.g.. May not peer with a European ISP or similar) and thus our alternate routes may not be reaching that particular USA ISP optimally. In those cases, ping times may be 300-400ms or above.
If you have such a case as above, then send us a traceroute output to us, and we will review it with our backbone providers to see if there is any way to route around your ISP's peer deficiency via alternate routing. It may or may not be possible but we will try our best to assist you.
As mentioned above, once at least one of the direct HK-USA fibre optic cables is repaired, direct communications will be vastly restored, so even USA or overseas ISPs without good alternate connectivity will be restored at that time. In addition, alternate routes are being added and adjusted daily, and with feedback from our clients via traceroutes and similar we are helping to improve the situation further, so please give us feedback if you notice improvements or degradation in a particular route.
Global Marine Systems Limited, the independent market-leading subsea cable installation and maintenance company, is playing a pivotal role in restoring vital telecommunications networks in Asia after an offshore earthquake on 26 December caused the largest outage of telephone and Internet services in recent memory.
From the article:
Measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale, the earthquake damaged the subsea fibre-optic cables which facilitate communications between the mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the USA, Southeast Asia and Europe. Millions of people have experienced severe disruption in accessing website's and international dialing facilities are also affected. Mainland service providers fear it will be mid-January before the damage can be fully repaired.
Global Marine vessels, CS Cable Retriever based in the Philippines and CS Wave Mercury from Shanghai mobilized immediately to Taiwan to support the work. In addition, Global Marine's JV partner SBSS (SB Submarine Systems) based in Shanghai, made the cable ship ship Fu Hai available to carry out repair work in support of the major telco's affected by the disaster.
"The number of simultaneous cable failures was unprecedented and we made every effort to get Global Marine and our partners ships to the region to quickly start repairing the damage and restoring network facilities to South East Asia," comments Global Marine's Asia Director Ian Douglas. "We were particularly pleased that SBSS was able to provide repairs services to key customers even though the contracted maintenance stand-by period had ended."
"The telcos in the region rely on our ability to address cable faults quickly and efficiently. We are fortunate to have available the Fu Hai which has completed its six months duties in the maintenance but is still available during January to continue carrying out these emergency repairs prior to commencing another commercial project." Mr. Douglas continues.
Some of the cables are trapped under the seabed and others are tangled, making repairs exceptionally difficult. The ruptures are more than 3300m below sea level well beyond the reach of the Remotely Operated Vehicles which are commonly used in such projects. Instead, the traditional recovery method of using grapnels are being utilized for this operation; grapnels are used to pick up cables from the seabed by being dragged from side to side across the path of the cable until it can be hooked and lifted to the surface for repair on board.
"But this does highlight the vulnerability of our global communications network and the extent to which we rely on it." said Gabriel Ruhan, CEO of Global Marine. "This was a significant earthquake, and we are glad we had vessels in the area which could so quickly be brought in to assist in the recovery and repair."
In other news, Asia Netcom has done some major re-routing work today, some based on your feedback to us, and we are hoping this has helped to further improve our (and your) network performance. As usual, if you do notice any change in network performance, notice us so we can reflect positive or negative outcomes.
Update: 12/Jan/07
As informed by Asia Netcom last week, this week has seen a drastic improvement in their network response times and almost no packet loss, thus greatly improving our network response time and capacity as well. They informed us they are now close to 90 to 100% capacity.
In addition, we have increased our capacity with Asia Netcom as they were among the first of our backbone providers to restore almost full service, so more traffic is being re-routed via them now (as opposed to REACH and the other backbone providers we use).
All clients are welcome to see the improved speed by going to:
http://www.net.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/traceroute
And entering your website address or IP address and doing a traceroute directly from the test site at Berkeley in the USA. Ping times should be closer to 220-250ms now, compared with 300ms or more a week ago, and now with virtually no packet loss.
Another site you can do ping and traceroute tests from is:
http://www.network-tools.com And enter your website/IP address.
So for all routes that can be re-routed via Asia Netcom are being re-done now (including a significant part of the USA and Canada), and we will try to move more traffic to Asia Netcom and optimize routing further.
As Asia Netcom cannot handle all global locations and all international traffic alone, some traffic will still travel over the other backbones (i.e.. NWT, REACH, China Netcom, NTT) who may still be relying on slower satellite uplinks and alternate routes via Europe, Japan, or Australia. Thus, to certain locations there may still be slower speed or packet loss, depending on which ISP the other location uses, who that ISP peers and connects with, and so on. If you are still experiencing considerably slower speeds, email us a traceroute from your location and we will see what we can do to re-route or optimize traffic to your location.
You can read more about the satellite uplinks in use at:
http://home.businesswire.com/
And for those who are interested to know which cables were affected by the Taiwan earthquake, we have a nice map with an overlay of the fibre optic cables and their status (as of 11/Jan/07). See the following graphic. Note that Hong Kong is the best connected Asian location where the large majority of the fibre optic cables are coming out of (directly below the words CHINA on the map), and that most international cables go out from Hong Kong and travel between Taiwan and the Philippines:
For the remaining backbone providers apart from Asia Netcom, China Netcom expects significant improvements by the 15-20/Jan/07, NWT informed us "soon" and most likely within the next 1-2 weeks, REACH informs us they should have further improvements by next week, NTT said they are constantly re-routing traffic and should have further improvement within the next few days over the weekend.
Bottom line... This is an act of God and NO ONE has any control over this. All we can really do is wait. |
Gold Member Username: Lklives
Post Number: 7251
Registered: Jan-06
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| Posted on Monday, January 22, 2007 - 09:57 am: |
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Just an update about dsscommunity and its server, for those that use it..
as U most know, the earthquake damaged many communication lines, 2 weeks ago in Taiwain, disrupting many sites, including dsscommunity..
some people have experienced NO problems getting into the site and haven't had any impact...it all depends where U live , and how the server has been routed to your specific location and provider..
others, like myself have seen a noticeably difference...pages open very slowly or hard to even enter, especially at heavy traffic times..McSunny and myself have provided a free proxy link many times here to use for faster pages etc..
latest news is that some of the fiber pipes have been repaired already, and all should be repaired/replaced by end of week or sooner...when this is completed, there will be a HUGE improvement from ever before...server will be able to handle twice the traffic with much more bandwidth....so sometimes some good comes out of the bad..
BTW...I myself have noticed an improvement the past couple days, so be patient, all will be better than ever, very soon.. |
Silver Member Username: Leon_kookie
Post Number: 112
Registered: Dec-06
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| Posted on Monday, January 22, 2007 - 03:12 pm: |
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The Only site on the list worth Checking out is
Curious Contraptions Community:
http://www.curious-contraptions.com/forums/ (All receivers)
Lk TDG and all the other scamming cronies where banned !!
Have you all notice the url has not been blocked from posting on here... Thats with reason not like the sites LK hangs out on... They are blocked for a purpose... Scammers Hang out on them... |
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