Recent content by jspriddy

This is from an email sent to me 11/05/2011 from satelliteguys. I suppose everyone got it. It says nothing about technical issues, nor does it mention "business or philosophical" issues. It says nothing about "DIRT" (God, that's so cute it's sickening) being for technical issues only. It...

I have read and listened. I've talked and corresponded with US senators and representatives. I've corresponded with the FCC, Dish dispute resolution team, and failed at communications with Nielsen. Bottom line is that the FCC says that satellite providers CAN provide the SV channels, it's up...

If the implication is we're beating a dead horse, that may be. But we can damn well beat it 'til we bloody the whole barnyard.

We have petitions. 3500 signatures in a very small rural county, population less that 15,000. If half are adults, and half of them have cable, which carries stations from both DMA's, that's nearly all of the satellite subscribers. Nielsen does not respond to attempts at to communicate with...

That was my understanding also. However, I'm certain that I read somewhere that this "penalty timeout" was over. I've searched my notes, documents, etc., with no results. Thanks for your response John

I ask my mechanic (I'm surprised that a techno-geek wouldn't know they are technicians now) when my car doesn't run right. My satellite system doesn't run right-it provides news, sports and weather that's immaterial to my life. Go back to your tweeters and woofers and sub-whatevers. You'll be...

To whom? I've been through this with Dish dispute resolution to no avail.

But evidently Direct can, and does.

I'm going to let this go by the wayside and ask the moderator to close the thread. It's obvious that Dish reps are not going to answer any of this, which is not surprising, since they have a history of ignoring things they can't or won't answer. Thank you all for your responses, John

Yeah, that's where I got the info on Cleburne from.

Direct duplicated two networks for Cleburne County (Atlanta DMA) but not their neighboring county Randolph, which is also in the Atlanta DMA. Wasn't Dish's time in the penalty box over sometime back? And why does the FCC insist that it's not their doing? None of this makes sense. But I...

Not a revelation, just another option. Dish seems unequivocally opposed, Direct seems somewhat open. We have nothing to lose.

The FCC says it is perfectly legal.

Then the key is for everyone in the county to go to Direct. I guess that's our next step, since Direct can do it and Dish can't. It's already been discussed county wide, and with now 3500 signatures, I don't think we'll have a problem getting people to switch. Direct has done it in Cleburne...

Cleburne County did not have one missing. Do you really think Atlanta, Georgia doesn't have a full complement of network stations? And these are the two Alabama stations on their SV list: Cleburne (Alabama) WSB-TV, 2, Atlanta, GA WAGA, 5, Atlanta, GA WXIA-TV, 11, Atlanta, GA...