Dish getting pricey

A $75 penalty is nothing compared to what DTV has been giving out in terms of promotions. I actually got $600 in credits for a 2 year contract with DTV. That promotion is now over, but they still have a good one if you love NFL football.

Please share! I have not seen anything ''great deal'' for the NFL ticket. Im not a new customer. Ive been with them for years...

Plus I give direc a boatload of money for NFL, NHL and MBL..

I would love to save some money
 
D* has their usual "buy NFL ST for 300 bucks and get 5 months of premium for free" promotion right now but it includes HD (for life)
 
Please share! I have not seen anything ''great deal'' for the NFL ticket. Im not a new customer. Ive been with them for years...

Plus I give direc a boatload of money for NFL, NHL and MBL..

I would love to save some money

They are running a ridiculous (creatively) TV spot shouting about five free months, but at the end a title comes up saying..."when you buy NFL Sunday Ticket.
 
The question is will dish see the light and drop their fees.
5.00 for a single output and 10.00 for a duel would make them competitive.
I only know 4 people with dish and all four are just waiting out there contract.
I know I will leave when mine is up and yes i know i can cut programs or go to less recevers but why should I? I paid for the setup i have I want two dvrs.
I think people forget that Dish charges less for programming than Directv or Uverse... or anyone else really, so they do need to probably make up for that elsewhere... and they do so via equipment fees.
 
I just looked at my bill.

I have 2 (612) 2 (211)

612 =$10
211 =$14 ($7x2)

So if you have an extra 722 is it $17 per month? ($10 + $7)

Seems that your better off with 612 and a 211 so you can have HD on both sets not only on one and pay the same price.

My sister has to have Sunday ticket and watched dtv install today at their new house that mult room DVR feature is pretty darn cool.
 
How does att universe compare to dish? Harv

I actually have Uverse as well. I have a bundled deal. Cell, phone and internet.
We took it to possibly replace dish. I did not do it because they have stream limitations.

They are very competitive, Lots of HD. Pricing is good. 99 dollars U450 gets you
everything-all premiums, all programming.

The knock was that Uverse HD quality was a notch below satelite.
Not so anymore.

I would say Uverse might be better HD wise over Dish. On par with Direc or slightly below them.

Uverse is catching up..
 
71 plus the insurance. Plus 10 HD extra channels. Dvr fee.
My numbers might be off. Need to go over bill. But its steadily gone up.
I usually just pay when I get the bill. But now Im thinking its getting too high.

Also..no extra sports packages..
I do have HD for life..They did say they need to credit me because I was not getting the full 10 off.

Yes, I need two tuners. They each opperate extra rooms in my home.

922 probably not needed. I could have stayed with the 722. However I upgraded
paid for the new toy.

However, basic programming and added fees are getting out of hand.

If you went to D*, to get the same functionality you would need a total of 4 receivers, which would be an equipment cost of $15 vice the $17 you are paying now. Dish's subscriptions are more than $2 cheaper than D*s and you get more national HD channels and the HD Platinum is worth something on E*, but D*'s is just a waste of money.

My bill is $138.99.

$99.99 AEP
$10.00 HD Platinum
$00.00 HD 250 Free
$17.00 2nd DVR Duo
$ 6.00 Maintenance
$ 6.00 DVR Fee

In September I'll add Multi-sports for NFL Redzone & College footbal and change out the 625 for a 612. That will drop the equipment fee to $10, but add $6 for the Multi-sports.

D* cannot match that price after the promos are finished.

From strictly a dollars and sense standpoint, E* will be cheaper unless you have more than 2 HDDVR Duos.
 
Yespage said:
I think people forget that Dish charges less for programming than Directv or Uverse... or anyone else really, so they do need to probably make up for that elsewhere... and they do so via equipment fees.

The new equipment fee increase forced me to sell 2-722's and 2-622's and replace them with a 722k and 3-211's, big hassle but will keep my fees down until the next nickel and dime scheme they concoct. Dropped AEP and moved to 200 package. Next time they pull crap like that... I"m gone.
 
I been thinking going to time Warner since I don't need premiums and i have netflix.would anybody think this is a mistake.

I think that depends on whether they have the programming you want at a price that fits you better.

Here we have Mediacom, and I did consider switching to them. The price for the bundle is $75/month for 15mb internet, phone and tv W/Starz, and 2nd year $25 higher. It requires a 2 year commitment and they can raise the rates during the commitment.

While their HDDVR sucks, a real VOD somewhat mitigates.

But in the end, the total cost wouldn't be all that much cheaper for what I wanted to get after equipment fees and taxes (none on satellite in Ill.).

I'll stick with E* for a bit longer... :)
 
If you went to D*, to get the same functionality you would need a total of 4 receivers, which would be an equipment cost of $15 vice the $17 you are paying now. Dish's subscriptions are more than $2 cheaper than D*s and you get more national HD channels and the HD Platinum is worth something on E*, but D*'s is just a waste of money.

My bill is $138.99.

$99.99 AEP
$10.00 HD Platinum
$00.00 HD 250 Free
$17.00 2nd DVR Duo
$ 6.00 Maintenance
$ 6.00 DVR Fee

In September I'll add Multi-sports for NFL Redzone & College footbal and change out the 625 for a 612. That will drop the equipment fee to $10, but add $6 for the Multi-sports.

D* cannot match that price after the promos are finished.

From strictly a dollars and sense standpoint, E* will be cheaper unless you have more than 2 HDDVR Duos.

I shopped D* a little bit, and found they would not be any cheaper after promo's also. I think it would have even been more than E*. They also don't offer the redzone channel without the sunday ticket. I have cablevision for cable, which doesn't offer redzone or nfl network, and no uverse or fios anywhere in the near future for my area, so I signed up for HD for life with E*, and went with another 2 year contract. :eek:
Iv'e had D*, Iv'e had cablevision, and now have had E* for the last 1.5 years. I was really happy with E*, until they put these stupid equipment fee's on my bill. They were at least $20 cheaper than my cable, but now are catching up. They all nickle and dime you to death, and love to raise your bills, but in the end for me, E* is giving me the most bang for my buck right now.
 
I been thinking going to time Warner since I don't need premiums and i have netflix.would anybody think this is a mistake.

Just don't call TWC and subscribe, call them and/or see them at their booth at a special event or festival. Thats what I did last year, and they gave me the equivalent of A250, (about a 100 hd channels) with a hd-dvr and and an additional hd receiver, bundled with my high speed roadrunner for year 1 @ $85 and year 2 @ $95, price guaranteed and no required commitment contract on my part.
 
I cant stand TWC...use to have it when I lived in town house and It would take me forever to get a hold of someone with there customer service...then when you do get a hold of someone you are transferred a thousand times and given the run around...it may be for you but I had a horrible experience with TWC and the biggest factor was the customer service...

Know someone that works for TWC and she even said that there customer service is the worst haha
 
I had 250 plus hbo and was paying almost 120 bucks so I decided to go to the AEP package and it doesnt cost me that much more to get all the channels...looking to get nfl redzone too during football season
 
I had 250 plus hbo and was paying almost 120 bucks so I decided to go to the AEP package and it doesnt cost me that much more to get all the channels...looking to get nfl redzone too during football season

Yep, they do have things done just the right way to make AEP a pretty good deal if you want all the movie channels. I had T250 and 2 premiums, and I think when all the dust settled, it made sense to go to AEP for just a few bucks more.
 
250 + netflix works well. i left E twice and am back. TWC cannot compare in these parts. internet service rocks, but dvrs and pq stinks.
 
More $$$, Less Channels!

So, I signed up for Dish in November. Since that time, my bill has slowly increased every month (and this doesn't include my promotions wearing off). Within just a few months, my channel package has gone from $51.99 to $54.99. My receiver fee has probably doubled. I'm getting some sort of bizarre credit on my bill. I don't know what it's for, but it's now less than the previous credit I was getting for having my second received hooked up. HBO and Showtime have gone up $2.00 per month. I've lost HD channels because Dish cannot cut a deal with Disney or whoever and I've got more garbling and tiling than when everything was installed. I really like the channels and like my DVR. However, the constantly increasing price and declining number of channels just leaves a real sour taste in my mouth. I'm actually starting to think I should have stayed with Cox cable. Unless something changes, I am definitely going to be leaving Dish after my two year agreement expires.
 
You would think that something would eventually have to give and Dish Network would rise from the ashes and be the service we all want it to be. Best prices, Best PQ, Best Everything. Surely this bad time can't go on forever.......Can It?
 

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