Recent content by hifigramps

Time goes by so quickly. I received my new bill today and realized all of my discounts for loosing HD absolute have ended. That doubled my new charges. I called retention, Like John told me to do when the discounts were up. They were very nice, but could only come up with $10 a month reduction...

I'm sorry. You are right aboout all of the missing channels. I scrolled through the 94xx channels and realized there are several channels that I watched gone.

I hope I don't get him in trouble, but his name is John and his operator # is QWQ. He is in the Thorton call center. I spent a good 1/2 hour on the phone with him, exploring all the choices and trying to keep the price down. It was actually the best Customer Service experience I have ever had...

Just to add to my last post, don't talk to a CSR. Talk to the retention dept. If you have been a sub in good standing, they will work out something for you. Going through my new guide, I noticed that I didn't lose any channels that I had with HD Absolute. I actually gained several channels with...

I received my letter last week and a phone call on Friday. The call was from the retention dept. We worked out a replacement package within a couple dollars of the HD Absolute package. Top 120 Free HD for life HD Platinum free for 1 year $15 a month reduction for 12 months Free Starz for 6...

There was a very small peice of paper included with my bill last week, talking about the new price increases. The last 2 increases lowered my bill by $5 each. $5 in Feb and $5 this month. I have an initial release 622. So far, the combination of prayer, voodooism, exercisim and some roboots...

$6.00 for service plan. I have had to use it several times during the 12+ years with Dish Network. I have never had to pay for any shipping or service charge.

digiblur has it right. Shorts and Epix are the only new HD channels added to Absolute. It is still the best value in Sat. or Cable, by far. With the new pricing in effect, my monthly bill has dropped below $50 a month. Absolute HD with locals and vip622. $48.61 a month.:up

Since I have absolute HD, I'll take anything they give me. With the new billing format my monthly bill actually went down $7.00 when they included the rceiver in the package price.(vip622).:)

+26 I was one of the first HD only subscribers.

Bah, Humbug!:shh

I put in my Smartcard last week. I have one of the original 622's. I didn't realize it came without one, until I opened the door to replace the old card and found the slot to be empty. All channels were up and running within 5 minutes.:up

I have had the same problem for several months on 129 with certain transponders. I have talked to the tech dept and engineers in Virginia. The engineering dept says it is a problem with 129. They just tell me to do a reset, which takes about 8 min to cycle through. If I switch to another sat...

A friend of mine in El Segundo told me that dialog between E* and Fox has been intense, at times, but that they are Inching closer to some sort of carriage agreement for Speed HD.:rolleyes:

I just completed my downsizing. It was painless, took less than 5 min. and I actually enjoyed the conversation I had with a young "Southern Bell":) I went from the AT200 w/locals and HD Ultimate to the HD only package. She waved the $5.00 fee. I will loose about 100 or so SD channels that I...