Recent content by brg606

i have been a 15 year customer of dish and have always had at least a $40 credit on my account, most of the time more. I currently have a $40 credit and had another $6 credit just expire. I called and threatened to cancel and instead of caving in like they have in the past they basically said...

Just excuses. DirecTV doesn't seems to have this problem.

It's not like Houston is some little po-dunk town in the middle of nowhere. IT IS THE 4TH LARGEST CITY IN AMERICA, and about to overtake Chicago for #3. It appears Dish does not care to retain customers in this fast growing region.

Crawl out of your holes DISH reps and comment. There are about 300,000 subscribers in the Houston area!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i'm in Houston area. a friend of mine went to DirecTV last week because of it. I'm next if i cannot watch any 'Stros games this year.

have been with DISH for 14 years, but i WILL cancel if I am not going to be able to watch any Astros games this year. Are they close to signing a deal or no?

ok thanks. is it normal to have a difference of 30 on different transponders on the same satellite? I wouldn't care if espn hd (119x7) wasn't my lowest signal strength on all 3 satellites.

was that for me? on 119x7 I'm at 33 sig strength, 119x12 I'm at 61 sig strength

ok, should I call dish? what signal strength should I be getting on sat 119 tp7? edit: I get 61 signal strength on sat 119 tp 12. why the big difference?

why is espn hd on the weakest transponder on satellite 119? at least at my zip, 77316 I only get signal strength ranging from 32-34 on 119 tp7. the rest of the transponders are around 40-50 and some around 60. you'd thing dish would put such a popular channel on a stronger transponder. I'm...

one more quick questions for the experts. recently, I had my dsl modem moved to the outlet that had the dish network telephone line plugged in. I remember if you didn't have it plugged in to the telephone cord they'd charge you $5 extra per month. the dsl installer said don't worry they don't...

question about the vip612. if I bought it myself (around $120 on ebay) could I avoid the $10 per month fee? is it hard to setup yourself? I see the vip612 has a 320gb hard drive. so I could record on it and it could be shared on either tv? could I watch shows already on my vip722 in hd in...

thanks for all the replies.....sounds like a pita. is it not possible to make a dual tuner dvr that outputs hd in 2 rooms? I guess i'll just stick with what I've got IF they keep giving me big discounts every year. if not I might just put up an antenna and stream.

so if I went with the 211 option, I would still keep the vip 722 in the living room? could we still watch dvr recordings in the bedroom, or would we need the additional $40 external hard drive option? I would have to go buy an external hard drive I guess? wish they just made a dual dvr that...

I have a vip 722 dual tuner dvr that outputs HD in living room and SD in bedroom. My normal billing fees are $69.99 top 200 plus $7 dvr fee. Would I have to upgrade to the hopper to get HD in the bedroom? I do not care about watching tv on my phone or tablet. Just wondering if I have to get...