Recent content by costanzas_wallet

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    Dish Profit margin

    Second (third?) creative accounting. Big companies tend to have very little they have to pay the tax man.. by design. Too bad we can't tell the fed we spent all our money on bills and therefore don't need to pay taxes.
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    League Pass HD on Dish?

    Portland (my home town heroes), Golden State, New Orleans, Chicago and Boston! I live on the east coast, so my Blazer games usually don't kick off til after 9pm, but I work evenings, so it tends to work! I really like the Choice because I can go back and watch a game I missed too.
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    League Pass HD on Dish?

    Has anyone been able to use the Broadband yet? I dropped the LP from Dish this year to sub to the Choice Broadband .. I save a lot of money and have ONLY the teams I want, all games in HD, plus I can stream it to my TV and watch games I miss on the archives, so it was a no-brainer.. **edit**...
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    not-so HD looking on new Hopper/Joey setup

    IMHO, I've experienced better picture quality on other systems, but I really like the Hopper, PTAT and the Whole Home System in general, so Dish wins my $$ hands down. That said, I use the "THX Calibration Tool" on my Pixar's Finding Nemo disk for picture calibration, which works very well ...
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    Contest - Tell Us Your SatelliteGuys Story!

    Thanks Scott and Thanks Dish!!! And a BIG Happy Birthday to all you SatelliteGuys (and Gals) out there!
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    Contest - Tell Us Your SatelliteGuys Story!

    I think I was banned from posting momentarily by my first comment ... Apparently my praise of a product made me sound "spammy" for a first-time poster. If I remember correctly, I emailed Scott who turned me back on after I told him I wasn't a spammer. I'm not sure if I saved any "cash" over the...
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    Dish network retention offers?

    I don't really expect dish to charge less lol, but I'm willing to bet they make quite a bit more per sub then your average cable company simply because they have more bargaining power.
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    Dish network retention offers?

    The rule of thumb is the more subs, the lower fee... Being that dish is (second?) biggest provider, we should be paying second lowest MRC.
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    Dish network retention offers?

    I would still subscribe to every premium if the AEP package didn't price itself outside my limits. It's their own faults.
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    Dish network retention offers?

    Absolutely.. you were heading off someone from saying that you were "looking for a handout". Those type of responses really do get under my skin.. almost as much as DirecTV not budging on their "upgrade" fee.. $300 is laughable, especially after you paid them over $10,000+ in the seven years...
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    Dish network retention offers?

    I cringe when I hear people say they aren't looking for a "handout" from their cable service provider. There are no handouts .. you (over)pay for the service you are provided .. you pay an additional "rental" fee for equipment .. when the equipment you rent starts preventing you from enjoying...
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    Al Jazeera America

    I am a Current TV viewer .. I love their Vanguard documentaries and really enjoy their quick "current" stories they air when most channel are blasting the airwaves with commercials. It's been a refreshing break from the norm for a while now. I've tuned into AJ via the web to get news we tend to...
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    Need to vent!

    For some reason it has been hard for Dish to provide consistent quality customer service, but there has been a marked uptick the past few years. When I got my second installation done, the technician was way late, so I called and within the hour a technician was at my home. He asked if I...
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    I got the iPad today..

    Very nice GUI .. Very responsive. Great battery life.. I haven't come up on a website not optimized yet. I really like how you can install any applications in the store, even if only built for phone / ipod .. but best of all ?? the price tag. ;)