Recent content by Sharifsm

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    Al Jazeera will be in Dish Channel 218 and Direct TV Channel 358 from August 20th

    I am a news junkie. AJE is ok, nothing can beat NPR for world news coverage. Now AJA ( Arabic) their coverage is excellent and very good.
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    Wi-Fi Issue with Hopper

    Finally I resolved this: I have a dual 2.4 and 5 gig hrtz router. Hopper saw them as two seperate SSIDs one for 2.4 another for 5. I turned of the 5 gig hrtz wireless and now it only sees one and does not disconnect. Hope this helps others.
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    Wi-Fi Issue with Hopper

    My new Hoppers seem to lose connection to Wifi. Although I have a 70+ signal strength when connected. When I try to reconnect, the Hopper shows two similar SSID of my wifi. I have to reboot the hooper to resolve this. Happens every day. Any help. ? Both the hoppers do this. No issues with other...
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    Loosing wifi

    My new hoppers seem to loose wifi. Although I have a strong signal on my other devices. Any help.
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    Make 3 hoppers talk to each other

    sorry for acting dump, what type of jumper and what nodes, not that tech savvy
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    Make 3 hoppers talk to each other

    What do I need to do to make 3 hoppers talk to each other. Will the installer know how to do it. ?
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    How do I get a third Hopper

    got 2 already, total tvs=7. having lot of recording conflicts with other family memebers. Need a third Hopper. Called Dish they said they e-mailed hopper team and they will get back to me. Been 72 hours no one has called. Any help ? Don't mind paying charges. think is $ 100.00 and $12 pm.
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    Renew contract

    Good for you. We all CEO of ourselves, as long as it is legal and ethical, do as you please. I love to haggle.
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    Renew contract

    Infact I did cancel it and the CSR did process it, when I was about to hang up, the CSR said, let me see if I can do anything for you and she left and came back after few min and offered me this deal. I was planning on starting another account on someone else's name. Dish is the only one that...
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    Renew contract

    Worst nightmare ever, lol.
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    Renew contract

    cause we used to negotiate on everything, even if we go to market to buy tomatoes we negotiate. Infact if you give me car for free, I will probably neg on that like throw in a service plan. I think most people from third world countries are like that and money savy. plus we come from a corrupt...
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    Renew contract

    ok, guys, first I am from India. We guys are known to get deals. Yes $ 50 per month credit for one year, 3 movie packges. 2 hoopers etc. Been a customer with them for 8 years, I have south asian package, and top american package and I buy lot of cricket packages from them, they can't afford to...
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    Watch Ext on PC/MAC

    Can I use my ext HD to watch the recording on my PC/MAC ???
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    Renew contract

    yes, I spoke to Dish and since my contract was up, I called to cancel. they renewed.givng me $ 50 off for a year and one year of 3 premium package. I was paying $ 190, now I will pay $ 140.00. better than getting an ipad. To get such deals, u call loyalty, cancel your account and when you ready...
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    Scam Phone Call. be carefull

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