I dont think you will see many people leaving, you will see many people downgrading their programming (myself included)
My bill would be going up over $50 a month just in equipment costs. So some cuts had to be made somewhere. I sure hope that DISH understands they screwed up here bigtime.
I have been thinking of writing some of the programmers such as HBO, Showtimes and Starz and telling them why I no longer subscribe to their channels. But havent done so yet.
Yes, I had two DUO receivers that were both running in Single mode for the PIP and convenience of switching tuners, but it wasn't worth $17 a month more, so I am now down to just a 622 feeding two TVs.
HD-For-Life saves me $10 a month as well, so Dish is getting $22 a month less from me these days.
But, I have to say, that gives me more space for HBO rather than less. Certainly True Blood is the best show on television at the moment, and the same was able to be said about Deadwood and Rome in the past (and the recent show Treme was pretty good too - excellent music throughout). Martin Scorcese's Boardwalk Empire that debuts this Fall, looks like another possible contender for that accolade.
By the way, I certainly agree with the OP that owned receivers should be exempt from the new receiver charge increases, and I think that Dish should have given all existing subs an exemption as well, since they paid one-time fees to obtain those leased receivers and did so with the understanding that there was only a $5-$6 monthly cost.
Charging to fix leased equipment also makes no sense.
Replacing discontinued owned equipment and then later terminating the agreement that allowed the replacements to retain the pricing of the discontinued equipment, is callous and reprehensible.
PS If you were to get a "It's a Wonderful Life" style look at the current world had Charlie never pulled a channel due to high costs, then everyone - whether Dish, cable or DirecTV - would be paying at least $20 a month more these days, maybe more...
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