Very helpful. I didn't know such a device existed. Thanks!
Need a recommend for my parents
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Very helpful. I didn't know such a device existed. Thanks!
Here are a couple photos of the outside setup. I wish the tech would have just removed the existing Directv dish off the pole on the roof and mount his western arc dish up there, but he insisted on a ground pole mount. The dish pole is also where he put the Televes antenna.
Obviously, height is critical for OTA so I may just move the Televes antenna up onto the roof pole when I'm there for Christmas.
My dad said the tech left all kinds of trash around and that he complained that Dish never gives them enough time to do the jobs. Not very professional. That part is disappointing.
All that being said, the job is done and the equipment is working.
Obviously, height is critical for OTA so I may just move the Televes antenna up onto the roof pole when I'm there for Christmas.
My dad said the tech left all kinds of trash around and that he complained that Dish never gives them enough time to do the jobs. Not very professional. That part is disappointing.
All that being said, the job is done and the equipment is working.
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I’d worry about neighborhood kids messing with the dish.
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Yes how well is the pole concreted into the ground. A favorite used to be swing around that pole sticking up in the yard, can I move it?
The more I look at that installation the more I shake my head. Yes, it's clean but right in the middle of the front lawn in a city neighborhood? There was no line of sight from the top of the siding? I simply see it as an eyesore as installed and wouldn't want it on my property nor on my neighbor's property either.
My dad thinks it was a way for the guy to cut corners and half-a** the job so he could get on to the next
As usual, dad is always right!
and the more I look at those photos, is there any concrete at all? A good wind on wet ground it gonna spin that sucker....
Good question. I REALLY hope he used the quickrete and didn't just put that pole in the dirt.
Sounds like it time for a little landscaping and a small round flower garden at the base of that pole.
Just got off the phone with my dad. He said the tech did NOT mount the pole in Quickrete. What a lazy, bush league install!
Sounds like I have work to do over the holidays.
Sounds like I have work to do over the holidays.
Not sure if the guy was Corporate or from a third party. The install was setup through the Office of the President in Denver.
I know it is a luck of the draw. Whenever I need a home visit, I request a DISH internal from the DISH office in St Louis since I do not have any DISH retailers in my area. The CSRs say they will annotate the work order but no guarantee. So far I have been lucky. I had a DISH contractor one time and didn't care for him.
In the KC area, we have an office, there is a DNS office and 2 sub contractors that I know of
My Dad is in Springfield, Ohio (Dayton DMA). I always get Corporate techs in my region here in Kansas, luckily
America's Top 120 Plus would save them $10/month and would include the "must-haves." However, there are quite a bit of channels they would lose from the Top 200, and I would ensure that they do not watch those a lot. I know when we used to have Dish Latino Dos, we would get the regional sports networks. However, we had to get MTV Live via the Dish Movie Pack, but it is no longer included in the Dish Movie Pack. So, one cannot go that route now.
FMI: America's Top 120 Plus | English Programming | MyDISH | DISH Customer Support
FMI: America's Top 120 Plus | English Programming | MyDISH | DISH Customer Support
