I figured if I asked this in the main forums it would start a flame thread. Not my intention, but I am curious.

What the heck is up with dish "simplifying" the darn packages every year? Name changes and such? Leave it the hell alone.

I figured if I asked this in the main forums it would start a flame thread. Not my intention, but I am curious.

What the heck is up with dish "simplifying" the darn packages every year? Name changes and such? Leave it the hell alone.



Dish should leave the package names as"America's Top....." because they are!.:D

Dish is the home of the most confusion. Their packages, and fees, and bill statements are all confusing and complicated.

Hemi posted his bill statement, talk about making a simple thing very complicated.

I figured if I asked this in the main forums it would start a flame thread. Not my intention, but I am curious.I think it has much to do with wanting to reconfigure packaging. DIRECTV has done precisely the same thing in the recent past with the transition from the "Total" packages to the "Choice" packages.

Consumers rail on a carrier when they remove a channel, but if the channel is not part of a new package but is grandfathered in the old package, customers may be less uppity.

I think it has much to do with wanting to reconfigure packaging. DIRECTV has done precisely the same thing in the recent past with the transition from the "Total" packages to the "Choice" packages.

Consumers rail on a carrier when they remove a channel, but if the channel is not part of a new package but is grandfathered in the old package, customers may be less uppity.
The comparison is not even close to the same. Changing the name from Total to Choice one time in many years, is not the same as changing packages, names, and structuring every single year, while not allowing subs of grandfathered packages to add any new programming.

I currently have Total Choice plus, which is EXACTLY the same as Choice Extra. The only difference is the name and the price (I pay $3 less). I can still add extra service and packages, just like Choice Extra subs, without changing my grandfathered package. This was the only primary package CHANGE since I have been with them.

The comparison is not even close to the same. Changing the name from Total to Choice one time in many years, is not the same as changing packages, names, and structuring every single year, while not allowing subs of grandfathered packages to add any new programming.Before the "medal" packages, were the AT packages. DISH only changed the name when the channel count changed significantly. I'm not buying your argument in the least.
I currently have Total Choice plus, which is EXACTLY the same as Choice Extra. The only difference is the name and the price (I pay $3 less). I can still add extra service and packages, just like Choice Extra subs, without changing my grandfathered package. This was the only primary package CHANGE since I have been with them.My understanding is that TC+ is not exactly the same as CHOICE Extra. I think I read where there have been a couple of channels in TC+ that aren't in CHOICE Extra making the pricing disparity even more special

http://www.satelliteguys.us/directv-forum/174624-difference-between-old-total-choice-plus-choice-extra-plans.html.

Before the "medal" packages, were the AT packages. DISH only changed the name when the channel count changed significantly. I'm not buying your argument in the least.My understanding is that TC+ is not exactly the same as CHOICE Extra. I think I read where there have been a couple of channels in TC+ that aren't in CHOICE Extra making the pricing disparity even more special

http://www.satelliteguys.us/directv-forum/174624-difference-between-old-total-choice-plus-choice-extra-plans.html.
Did you even bother to read any of the post in the thread you just linked? There is currently no difference, other than name and price, between the two packages.

Dish should leave the package names as"America's Top....." because they are!.:D

Yes 12 months ago they changed from "America's Top" to "Classic Bronze, Silver, and Gold" .. which not only sounded better, but eliminated the confusion as far as channel numbers/amounts go.. In each of the America's Top 120, 200, and 250.. there are actually more channels than that in each package and it's always changing. We've recently changed back to the AT120,200,250..

The Bronze, Silver, and Gold were simple names that took attention away from specific channel-amount packages.. because those are ever-changing as Dish adds and removes channels. Frankly, they sounded better when selling/recmmending programming packages as well. Why we went back to "America's Top" last month is beyond me. These "American" packages also include a few latino channels, not to mention most international customers subscribe to these packages as well, not just Americans.