Welcome to Netcom News
News and happenings related to our company and the satellite industry.
This is where we post news from satellite and related industries, projects that we are working on, pictures of some of our unique and custom installations, etc. We will update this page from time to time so check back to see what's new.
04/01/2020
AT&T TV Launches Today!
Call us and discuss this NEW streaming service.
10/17/2019
SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP REACHES AGREEMENT WITH AT&T
Baltimore, MD (October 17, 2019) – Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI), and AT&T have agreed on a multi-year agreement across DIRECTV, AT&T TV and U-verse for continued carriage of Sinclair’s owned local broadcast stations and Tennis Channel, for future carriage of Marquee Sports Network, a regional sports network featuring games of the Chicago Cubs launching in 2020, as well as for the 21 RSN brands Sinclair recently acquired and the YES Network, in which Sinclair is a joint-venture partner.
Source: http://sbgi.net/pr-news/sinclair-broadcast-group-reaches-agreement-with-att/
10/10/2019
Montgomery Bank - Mt Auburn Branch
Montgomery Bank chose us - your LOCAL DirecTV dealer to switch out their Dish service for DirecTV so their customers and employees can keep up with the Cardinals games. Thank you Montgomery Bank for doing business with LOCAL retailers instead of calling the company directly. We're proud to provide our bank with professional, quality service and custom installation. Enjoy your Blues and Cardinals games!
Montgomery Bank - Broadway
10/06/2019
Dish and Fox reached agreement for some sports but NOT FSMW!
Dish and Fox reached an agreement for FS1 & 2 and some local FOX stations.
Dish still does not have Fox Sports Midwest. (Sorry Blues fans)
We've been busy the last few months switching out Dish customers to DirecTV... 28 and counting.
07/2019
STILL Missing Your Cardinals?
Switch to DirecTV with us and you won't be missing the game! Now that they are in the playoff's, don't you want to watch the games?
Our DirecTV customers are enjoying ALL the Fox Sports Midwest televised baseball games.
What are you waiting for? Call us TODAY - Watch the games this weekend!
We have switched 20 + Dish customers in the last 30 days! When do you want us to switch you?
(We also have HBO) They still don't!
08/08/2019
1.8 meter General Dynamics / Prodelin Antenna
We recently replaced an old, storm damaged antenna with this new 1.8 meter General Dynamics / Prodelin Antenna at our local FOX affiliate KBSI-23
04/2019
TECHNICIAN NO LONGER WORKING WITH US
TECHNICIAN NO LONGER WORKING WITH US
TECHNICIAN NO LONGER WORKING WITH US
TECHNICIAN NO LONGER WORKING WITH US
TECHNICIAN NO LONGER WORKING WITH US
As of April 2019, Network Communications and DTE Satellite is no longer associated with
Chad Moore.
Chad is no longer subcontracting with us.
Our customers should contact us directly for any service or maintenance issues.
TECHNICIAN NO LONGER WORKING WITH US
03/2019
New 3.8 meter Challenger Antenna
We are proud to have been chosen again by WSIL engineering to add another 3.8 meter antenna for their 3.5 channel
Mark on day one
Completed and online!
11/20/2018
Vivint Demo
Our Vivint distributor helped us promote our Vivint Smart Home Products by working with us to secure a live working demonstration display of their most popular products. Be sure to stop by and see for yourself how easy and inexpensive Vivint Smart Home devices are to operate.
09/2018
We started the Q1 DirecTV Commercial Upgrade
Upgrades Several Area Hotels To The New DRE
It's like having your home DirecTV at your hotel room.
Upgraded Many Facilities
Continuing to keep our customers up to date by upgrading their equipment to HD
07/18/2018
Now Offering AT&T Mobility
We were chosen by DirecTV/AT&T to be a LSP Dealer in the 4 state area to offer AT&T Mobility products and services. You now have a choice as to where you can get your new phone device and/or service. We offer most everything the local AT&T store does right here in our office. Whether you need a new line or the new iPhone 11 or XR, we have you covered. You can even port your service from another provider and get a $250 gift card for EVERY line you port! Even Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) from other providers if you want to move to AT&T.
07/06/2018
Digital Signage
We subcontracted the digital signage installation at the new Kay's Jewelers store on Siemers Drive in Cape Girardeau
01/10/2018
Press Release - Netcom chosen by Viasat to test new internet service.
Mark Jackson, owner of Network Communications and Down To Earth Satellite Systems, announced today they have been chosen by Viasat to beta test the new ViaSat-2 satellite internet platform. On December 5th, 2017 the ViaSat-2 satellite had successfully arrived in geostationary orbit at 69.9° west longitude. Within days of reaching its geostationary orbit, the Viasat team was successfully transmitting data to and from the ViaSat-2 satellite, as well as streaming content providing an early demonstration of the satellite's power and flexibility.
Viasat has successfully completed a number of key performance tests on the ViaSat-2 satellite and end-to-end network, including demonstrating downstream speeds of over 100 Mbps to production consumer terminals. Mr. Jackson states “the average speed of current satellite internet providers is 5 to 25 Mbps. This will be a gamechanger! Soon customers that live outside city limits will truly have high-speed internet service. Possibly faster than their cabled neighbors in town.”
The satellite ground network and other networking technologies are performing better than initially planned as measured in successful alpha testing. Mr. Jackson said “The satellite will continue to undergo testing during the beta service period with selected Viasat retailers like us installing and using the new service. Viasat will be using our site performing tests as well.”
The ViaSat-2 satellite is scheduled to enter commercial service in February 2018, where it will enable the delivery of advanced residential, enterprise, government and in-flight internet services. The ViaSat-2 satellite system is expected to significantly improve speeds, reduce costs and expand the footprint of broadband services across North America, Central America, the Caribbean and a portion of northern South America, as well as the primary aeronautical and maritime routes across the Atlantic Ocean between North America and Europe.
Compared to ViaSat-1, ViaSat-2 is expected to double the bandwidth, with more than 300 Gigabits per second (Gbps) of total network capacity, as well as provide seven times the broadband coverage.
“We are excited and look forward to the consumer launch of this product in February” Mr. Jackson said.
- Network Communications is located at 1028 N Kingshighway in the DTE Satellite offices. Mark can be reached at 573-334-2400.
12/2017
WSIL-TV 3
We were hired by our local ABC affiliate to sell and install a new 3.8 meter antenna for their new Heroes & Icons channel on 3.2
Beginning
We were fortunate to have good weather for the two day build.
Finished And On Line
WSIL is now using our antenna exclusively for their Heroes & Icons channel
05/2017
Netcom Owner Visits ViaSat Corporate Offices
While in California to see my granddaughter Kaitlynn's high school graduation, we stopped by Viasat Inc. Viasat is the parent company of Exede. Their world headquarters is located at 6155 El Camino Real in Carlsbad, CA. We stopped by on Memorial Day, May 29th. They were closed - except for the essential workers - but it was a real treat to see their campus!
Viasat's Antenna Farm
A few of the antenna's on site
Viasat Campus
A Google Maps view of the Carlsbad, CA facility
06/2017
AMC18 Satellite Repoint Project
Five U.S. commercial radio networks who operate their own satellite systems have now been up and running on the new AMC-18 at 105 degrees West Longitude for several months. The five satellite delivered radio services have been broadcasting from AMC-8 satellite for many years are Learfield, Orbital Media Networks (OMNi), Premiere Networks, Skyview Networks, and Westwood One. AMC-8 been at 139 degrees West for many years. AMC-8 has exceeded its design life and is not being replaced by an equivalent C-band satellite at the same location.
We were hired by Scheper Communications from Woodson, IL Illinois to repoint several antennas at mid Illinois and mid Missouri radio stations. Because we have been in this business since 1982, we are one of only a few companies that are have the knowledgeable and experience to work on C-Band (real) satellite antennas! Network Communications came through for our customers again!
01/22/2018 Update on this project: We still haven't been paid by Scheper Communications for work done on this project. Two of the six mid Illinois stations paid their portion of the bill. The others, well...