I want less channels..At the most I could use a channel package with 30 -40 channels ..That's all I watch.....Because there are penalities for not subbing to Higher programming today with DISH. ANd I don't expect that to change even if Ala carte is allowed. THey might say all channels are available for a price, but unless they outlaw companies for penalizing you for not bundleing we will still pay out the ass for programming and get less channels to boot.
If you want to escape the dvr fees today you either have one dvr and do the dvr advantage pack or you sub to AEP for a much higher price. DISH has you boxed in this way to push you to the higher programming costs to escape the extra fees for not doing so. DISH used to charge no dvr fees and you only had an additional receiver fee of 4.99 per extra receiver after the first. Now they have invented a fee for everything. The hd access fee of 6.00 per hd receiver if you don't sub to the $20.00 hd pack, the dvr fee at 5.98 PER dvr Receiver, the no phone line access fee of 5.00, the additional receiver fee of now 5.00 for sd and 6.00 for hd receiver. THese are all fees TODAY . I don't see them going away even if we do ala carte so my point still stands . We won't save anymore money with Ala carte unless the FCC makes it illegal for cable/sat providers to hit you with extra fees for not bundeling.
I think most of you are making this far too complicated.