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    Likelihood of failure of non-burial grade coax?

    Thanks for the replies. What's interesting to me is that both runs from the dish failed within a couple of weeks of each other. Curious to see what these runs look like (presuming we pull them up) when the new (BG) coax goes in. Wonder if the installer complicated things with a splice...
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    Likelihood of failure of non-burial grade coax?

    My dish was installed on a long run to the house nearly three years ago. I've now determined that the coax used in the install was not direct burial. I don't know what exactly it was, but Dish installer and supervisor at the house over the weekend said it was the wrong stuff (done by a...
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    Potential New HD Subscriber Questions

    Charlottesville, VA. We have SD locals on Dish (miracle at that), but will never see HD locals...too small.
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    Potential New HD Subscriber Questions

    Been with Dish for years, but never HD, and I'm wondering if it's time. A few questions. I'm in a market that will probably never see HD locals. Is there any discount off HD packages if you don't get locals? Also, I'm not sure I even want HD from Dish if I can't get the locals off air...
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    New Coax Run...Why Do I Have to Bury it Myself?

    You're overlooking the fact that by spending $300 to keep me happy, Dish would insure that I'm a happy customer, and one who will likely remain with them for many more years. In fact, they could have asked for another 12 or 24 month commitment from me in return for doing the burial. The...
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    New Coax Run...Why Do I Have to Bury it Myself?

    No way did I intend to suggest that I wanted a "free" burial...as in a burial done for no pay by the installer. I work for a living, and I know you installers do as well. My point has always been (though not so clearly stated at the beginning) that the company should pay the installer (or...
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    New Coax Run...Why Do I Have to Bury it Myself?

    Last post...then I'm moving on! Enjoyed the back and forth. Last time: I think Dish should pay to bury my cable. Why? Because I doubt they have a whole lot of customers who have been with them for 10+ years (since the days when they had only Echo I in orbit). I wouldn't argue that they...
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    New Coax Run...Why Do I Have to Bury it Myself?

    Good question, regarding the original install. Paid nothing on the burial because we left it above ground at that time...the house was newly built, and the yard wasn't fully graded yet. When that work was done, we buried it (the guy who did yard prep did the burial). Dish never told me that I...
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    New Coax Run...Why Do I Have to Bury it Myself?

    Cable doesn't charge for work outside the house (like the drop from the street to the house). In my view, Dish shouldn't either. And I don't mean that the installer should do it for nothing. I mean that paying for Dish service should include the company getting the signal to the house...
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    New Coax Run...Why Do I Have to Bury it Myself?

    I'm not asking for a house/garage run. I'm asking for the equivalent of the run from the street to the house...the cable company doesn't charge for that, does it? Comcast's network comes close to my house, and then they finish it up with the drop. Dish's network comes close (out 250' from the...
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    New Coax Run...Why Do I Have to Bury it Myself?

    I appreciate your answer. Again, I'm not whining or complaining that a sub-contractor for Dish should spend unpaid time at my house burying cable. I think the company should pay the installer to do this work, plain and simple. Or they should simply never install a Dish further from the home...
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    New Coax Run...Why Do I Have to Bury it Myself?

    Good call! He's a lab mixed with brittany spaniel. Sweet, sweet dog from the SPCA. Just likes to chew stuff.
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    New Coax Run...Why Do I Have to Bury it Myself?

    I have no interest in an installer (contractor) spending time at my house and not getting paid. Of course the contractor should get paid for his work. It's a question of who pays him! Me or the company. And I think the company should pay, since we're talking about getting their network to...
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    New Coax Run...Why Do I Have to Bury it Myself?

    Any way of locating the existing, good buried coax short of ripping up the one bad one (which will mean taking apart the feed horn)? I recall a little gizmo from radio shack that you use with an AM radio to locate your underground dog fence. Anything similar for locating coax? Look, Charlie...
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    New Coax Run...Why Do I Have to Bury it Myself?

    Okay...a few answers. First, on the dog...he's about nine months old, and has chewed through four (yes, four) extension cords (none plugged in!) out to xmas lights. Don't know if he'll mess with the coax; I coated it, using a sponge, with bitter apple before it got dark. We'll see. Don't...
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