Well I meant no disrespect either, I just don't understand why people blindly defend them, when their gestapo tactics are well documented (complaints abound on this board and others). And it isn't the second time you've posted that you were contacted by them, you simply said you've never been harassed by them. And with the slew of complaints on the message boards, imagine how many people who AREN'T forum rats it's happened to. Ok, so you got a nice one. Doesn't change the fact that the overwhelming majority of them are auditing and harassing "honest customers" who simply choose not to own a landline.
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Well I meant no disrespect either, I just don't understand why people blindly defend them, when their gestapo tactics are well documented (complaints abound on this board and others). And it isn't the second time you've posted that you were contacted by them, you simply said you've never been harassed by them. And with the slew of complaints on the message boards, imagine how many people who AREN'T forum rats it's happened to. Ok, so you got a nice one. Doesn't change the fact that the overwhelming majority of them are auditing and harassing "honest customers" who simply choose not to own a landline.
This also is not correct. I did post twice in this thread that I had been contacted... you had a post or two deleted and apparently one (or more) of mine was also deleted.
It really is a shame that you were treated so badly during your two weeks as a Dish Customer.
Thanks for the view... I'll be moving on.
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I've had one audit. The *cause* of the audit, was that one of the receivers wasn't getting the ability to call in regularly while the other two were. As it turned out, somehow the phone line in one room was damaged and not connecting to dialtone. I had to disco the 2nd line pair throughout the house just to repair that one room, and then call them back to get that receiver working again.
I am an "honest dish customer" and this stupidity for phone home garbage, was based on their perceptions. Before this year, my Dish Bill had been paid in advance (ie carry a zero ballance or 10 to 50 dollar credit balance every month because I would pay ahead of schedule) I had never used PPV until this year (been with dish since 2005) and only because dish gave out free PPV certs.
The only thing dish has done *mostly* right, is the delivery of 200+ channels of content from the sky ... everything else they've done is hit or miss or continual flub (sling, dish online, dish remote access, hardware/firmware, etc), and even in content delivery from the sky they've had repeated problems with audio dropouts worse a month or so ago, but starting up again recently.
Maybe things would go differently once their 813's are out, one box to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
LOL no no.. just making a joke ... play on words too..
Dishhonest is not Dishonest.. 
The reason why I thought that was due to someone on here a few years back mentioning that an internet connection was an alternative to having a phone line connection hooked up. I read that by 2018 only 6% of the U.S. will have people using landline service that most will be using VoIP or cell service.
I have VOIP (Vonage) and Caller ID works just fine with my 722k and also my 622. Also, the Dish receivers call in regularly without issue.
Most people are going with cell phones instead of VoIP because who wants more than one phone bill?
You may well be correct, but not for the two bill reason for I suspect many of us.
My Vonage bill and my cell phone bills are each well under $30 each per month. The Cell phone is, well, "portable", and my Vonage is super feature loaded. One bill is paid annually and the other with credit card auto pay. Hardly a reason to consolidate. YMMV
I would give up the Vonage if both my wife and I could check voice mail and did not need to carry a phone around the house and either of us could answer a call when we are both in the house, etc, etc.
Excellent observations. While I have VoicePulse for VOIP, the situation is the same. I think the VOIP providers did a very smart thing. I have so many features (That I actually use) I wouldn't give that up. Not to mention it only costs $15 a month for unlimited statewide calling, and 200 long distance minutes. And of course the cell phone is portable.
What we do to accomplish your last thought, we both call forward our cells phones at home often, and then can answer them on the VOIP phone. This also helps filter out unwanted calls using the great VOIP features.
Actually, I was referring to the situation where one gives up the land line. This means that we'd have to carry or keep near our cell phones while at home to answer the phone....
What we do to accomplish your last thought, we both call forward our cells phones at home often, and then can answer them on the VOIP phone. This also helps filter out unwanted calls using the great VOIP features.
One of the neat features with Vonage is the ability to simultaneously ring other phones any time your home phone is called. (Not Call Forwarding.) This allows me the option of answering my home phone when I am out... or letting it go to home voice mail. This setup allows my Caller ID to display the name of the person originating the call, not my home number as with Call Forwarding. Also, this greatly reduces the number of persons that I share my cell # with.
I can see people paying $30 a year for NetTalk or getting OoMa and still having a cell phone. Some people do not have cell service at their house so that makes them have to get some type of service at home. Some opt to get the mini cells that allow them to still use their cell phones at home over a broadband connection for $20 per month for unlimited.
