Recent content by cjsiv

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    rain fade getting noticeably worse

    I did notice that within the past year my disruption was much more frequent with weather. Used to be that it had to be pouring so hard I couldn't see across the street to lose signal. Then almost any time there was a steady rain, it would cut out. I actually had the installer come out and...
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    Netflix and the like to replace Sat/Cab?

    I just cut the ties with dish last month and for my household it has been working out quite well. Granted, as many have said, this is not for the tech challenged. I have a roku box, 2-tivo's, a bluray player, a ps3, and an xbox 360 that all stream netflix. I put up an outdoor antenna which...
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    $15 to ship receiver?

    When I cancelled cable, I could either take it back myself, or they sent you prepaid boxes. My 2nd receiver that I cancelled 2 years ago was sent back to DISH prepaid. I have been using various cable and sat companies for 15 years and this is the first time I have been charged to give them...
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    $15 to ship receiver?

    So I cancelled my dish service this week. Hello OTA HD, tivo and netflix. After jumping through all the hoops with customer service, they informed me that it would cost me $15 to ship them their receiver back since I didn't pay for the protection plan. The local installer that I used 4 years...
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    Dish Programming Changes (Effective August 1st)

    I dumped my turbo bronze pack and returned to classic silver w/hd. I had just switched to turbo hd about 3 months ago. Just lost too much of the kids programming and the wife was going through fox news withdrawl. Online chat with csr was great and they threw in cinemax for a penny since I...
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    TurboHD customers get the final thrust from Dish

    Decided to dump my turbo bronze pack yesterday after being phased out. Switched back to classic silver w/hd. Just was too many channels I was missing. My csr in online chat threw in cinemax for a penny. I am a happy camper now:).