Recent content by nicklenights

Thanks for your thoughts guys. I suspect a semi-clueless CSR may be a big part of the reason. When I called to "move" she was a bit puzzled that I didn't need someone to actually set up new equipment, and then she was apparently having computer problems.

update Well, at least for Sports prgramming, I'm certainly in the Rockford Market now. Last night I was able to watch the Cubs, Sox, Brewers, and Cardinals on RSN and Alternate channels. Even more remarkable was that the Cardinals game on ESPN was also viewable, even though I get the RSN...

So after dealing with Dish's sas-backwards blackout policies, I decided to "move" but something I really didn't expect happened. Here's the backstory, ever since I switched to Dish from DTV, I've been double blacked out of Chicago Cubs and Sox games. They've been blacked out on Comcast Chicago...

did it I'm late to this thread, however, I did something very similar when I lived in Central California, except it was with Directv instead of Dish. I lived on the 2nd floor of a 2 story apartment and my balcony faced north, so I took a piece of pipe, attached the dish to it and raised it...

Double Blackout My most frustrating situation with Dish is that I'm double blacked out of Cubs and White Sox games. I'm in 53520 - Exclusive Brewers territory in Wisconsin. On Dish I get FSN North and Comcast Chicago for my RSNs. Twins games on FSN and Cubs and White Sox games on Comcast...

I'd love to I'd love to, but I'm locked into my 18 month prison sentence with Dish. I had Directv for years with no problems, and had I known that Dish somehow supposedly has to play with a different set of blackout rules than DTV I never would have changed. My problems, and the problem of...

Why does Dish do this? I just found this forum and I'm glad to see I'm not the only one being screwed by Dish and blackouts that only seem to affect them. I switched to Dish last year from Directv and have been trying to figure out their insane policies ever since. I'm in Wisconsin (Madison...