well i'm in the stl market and called the distributor to order the dishes yesterday, hope we get them soon... i have many many customers waiting on this... I live too far south of STL to pick up OTA very good
Some Dish Network News (July 5, 2006)
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So they announce dishes becoming available starting 6/30, channels launching July 6 and as of July 7 they can't even put a request in the computer that a customer wants to get on a list for the dish?
At this rate it's not looking good for us in the Indy market who are going to have to wait for all of the Detroit and St Louis customers to get service.
At this rate it's not looking good for us in the Indy market who are going to have to wait for all of the Detroit and St Louis customers to get service.
What about those that have their receiver go bad? If they have to buy a new one, then they have to buy the higher priced package to continue getting HD.
I am in the Detroit market and ordered a Dish 500 Plus upgrade for HD locals on 118.7 today. I could have had it Tuesday but I decided to wait until Sat.
I called the tech support and got a very nice guy but he had a hard time figuring out how to enter the order. He put me on hold so long I thought he went to lunch but when he came back he was very apologetic and said he would waive the $59 upgrade charge.
I wanted to upgrade a 942 to a 622 but he said I couldn't because I had already upgraded one. I think this is wrong and they are now allowing multiple upgrades but one thing at a time.
I called the tech support and got a very nice guy but he had a hard time figuring out how to enter the order. He put me on hold so long I thought he went to lunch but when he came back he was very apologetic and said he would waive the $59 upgrade charge.
I wanted to upgrade a 942 to a 622 but he said I couldn't because I had already upgraded one. I think this is wrong and they are now allowing multiple upgrades but one thing at a time.
I just had a Dish 1000 and VIP 622 installed about 2-3 months ago in St Louis, MO . Now I find out to get local HDTV I need a different Dish 1000. I was wondering if Dish would install the new Dish 1000 without charge or will I have to pay again? I hope not.
SouthRider said:
You live in Covington? We are living in an area where every Joe is suddenly a tech. I bet some really bad installs were done by fly by night operations. My brother in Covington is getting dish and I don't see how except there is a small break between two trees. It is working for him but for how long? He is buried in trees.
I just called this morning and ordered my 500+ upgrade they scheduled me for Thursday 7/13 12pm to 5pm. I get a great signal for all my OTA channels but I still would like the LIL for dual recording purposes.
Are you forgetting that the dish is actually looking 22 degrees higher than where most people think it is?
Here, our elevation is 43, which means that as long as a 50' tree is more than 50' from the dish, it's not an issue. Down south, the elevations are even higher, so less horizontal distance is needed.
I often get perfect LOS at places where people thought they had NO chance. Typical case is a 50-60 foot house that's oriented north-south. Dish on roof gives you 10' up, house & clearing around it gives you 70-80 feet out, which means the tree needs to be nearly 100' high before you're in trouble.
scooby2 said:
I called 1-800 333-3474 and followed the prompts for technical support. I then hit the appropriate number to speak to a CSR.
BFG said:
I am in the Detroit area, scheduled for a 622 install on the 14th of July...I'm assuming they will put in a 1000+... but I already have a 61.5. Should I keep the 61.5, or assume that the 1000+ will give me everything I would want - and with a good signal strength.
Whats up with the Voom Kung fu Channels.. It no longer has listings(just says movie) Is a change in the works?
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Typical Dish, they called to verify Sat appointment and I asked if they had the Dish 500+. The responce was "Oh crap, we don't have those yet" . I suggested that since that is the only reason they were coming out we should probably reschedule. I set it up for the next Sat, hopefully they will get the dish by then
I can't believe how active this forum is. I had to go back 4 pages to get to a 3 day old post
Typical Dish, they called to verify Sat appointment and I asked if they had the Dish 500+. The responce was "Oh crap, we don't have those yet" . I suggested that since that is the only reason they were coming out we should probably reschedule. I set it up for the next Sat, hopefully they will get the dish by then
I can't believe how active this forum is. I had to go back 4 pages to get to a 3 day old post
No, they won't take away a Voom channel to add Food, etc. Dish has plenty capacity, for now. Voom does not allow anyone to pick and choose their offerings, anyway. Now, it's all or nothing.
LuckyCat- I suggest you insist on keeping your 61.5. I would literally refuse to allow him to remove or re aim that dish, or to even approach my roof with anything other than a 500 under his arm. It might help to be sitting on a sack of seed cleaning your shotgun as you explain this to him.
LuckyCat- I suggest you insist on keeping your 61.5. I would literally refuse to allow him to remove or re aim that dish, or to even approach my roof with anything other than a 500 under his arm. It might help to be sitting on a sack of seed cleaning your shotgun as you explain this to him.
