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Dish is also changing their dispatch centers around as well. Both the Pinemont and Alvin dispatch centers in Houston, TX are both being shut down and their responsibilities will be transferring to the Tulsa dispatch center. They are going to be increasing the call center duties of the Alvin...

Years back, Dish got into that dispute with Viacom and all their stations were turned off until Dish came to an agreement with them. I believe it took around 2 weeks, but CBS, MTV, etc...all were lost. I remember the customer complaints we got from people losing CBS, but at that time, DTV was...

Yes, I am aware of the cost involved with reembursement of equipment, and payment time, and what have you....I am not going to be an independant installer, but hoping to simply open my own sub business w/ more installers than just myself. I will go talk with DNS about this and see what the GM...

Maybe I wasn't 100% clear in my first post, but I already do installs, myself and my friend are both installers/technicians for Aerocomm as private contractors. I have decided I want to eliminate Aerocomm from the equation and start up my own contractor business. I understand about the...

I have been thinking about opening my own subcontractor businees and I am curious as to where to get information and licensing requirements from Echostar. I have contacted Echo and only get information regarding a retailer business which I don't want to deal with. My friend and I have both...

If you are planning on running a Dish network system, you will either need a switch or a DP+ seperator assuming you are running a DP+ LNBF. Best scenario would be to simply wire your house to a central control room and run 2 cables to your dish location...then decide if you plan on using a DP34...