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  1. andyaxa

    Fox Soccer Channel gone from Family Plan

    Ahhhhhh, the bait and switch....nice. FSC was not listed as a temporary channel when we looked at this package. I guess it's time to change partners in the Dish/Direct dance...
  2. andyaxa

    Fox Soccer Channel gone from Family Plan

    Was FSC dropped from the Family Plan?
  3. andyaxa

    New codes yet for Olevia?

    Cool...thanks! This isn't a new remote, is it? Seems like I searched this last year and none of the remotes would pick up the Olevia. At any rate, a few of the 5.3 buttons are getting "sticky", so we'll grab the 21. Nice to finally just need one remote! Thanks again!
  4. andyaxa

    New codes yet for Olevia?

    Are there any new remotes yet with codes for Olevia? We're using the VIP722. Thanks!
  5. andyaxa

    boston area dish users!

    We are in the Boston Eastern Arc market, I assume, as those are our locals. I am not very well versed in sat tv SSQs (more experience with our Hughesnet svc) but it sounds as if your numbers under clear conditions were good, so I'm not sure what to say. Seems like pretty extreme rain/snow fade.
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    boston area dish users!

    whoops...just read back and saw your posted signal strengths.
  7. andyaxa

    boston area dish users!

    Our installer could not hit the required satellites with the two dish set-up (thank goodness) and the Eastern Arc was the only alternative. I wonder if those trees are causing some problem for you, so that in best of conditions, the signal is marginal....adding a little light snow might push it...
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    boston area dish users!

    We live in SW New Hampshire and are on the Eastern Arc. Rain fade has been tolerable with outages only in the worst of thunder storms and only for brief periods. Snow has become a bit of a problem with the last couple "sticky" snowfalls as snow did build up on the dish. Ours is mounted up about...
  9. andyaxa

    Eastern Arc-SD local channels

    Thank you for the clarification. Is there a time frame for this?
  10. andyaxa

    Eastern Arc-SD local channels

    We had a new Eastern Arc install today. Americas 250/Gold HD/Locals (according to Dish, we should be getting Boston locals) However, we are only receiving 4 HD local channels. We are getting none of the SD locals. The installer told my wife something about waiting until 77 came on line October...
  11. andyaxa

    WOW There IS FREE On Demand

    Don't think I will either. For some reason I thought the on-demand programming would come down through the Dish pipeline...ah well...the pay off for living in the forest.
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    WOW There IS FREE On Demand

    Sorry...above definition of FAP is correct...it's been a fact of life for satellite "broadband" (term used lightly) for a number of years. We are limited to 375 MB in 24 hours...if we go over... they throttle us down to below dial-up speeds for 24 hours. There is no limit from 1-3am. Have no...
  13. andyaxa

    WOW There IS FREE On Demand

    What would you estimate file size for the HD/SD programming per hour? We're in the sticks with only Hughesnet available and am guessing a movie or two will FAP us. I haven't played around with the dvr but can you program download time as Hughes does have FAP free period from 1-3am. Thanks!
  14. andyaxa

    Another Programming Dispute

    :up Exactly what I was thinking. First thing that struck me when reading this is... if they indeed feel justified in charging $.60/month, why are they being disingenuous and deceitful in the way they present the numbers? They lost all credibility once they knowingly compared apples to oranges.
  15. andyaxa

    is this normal?

    Don't know your set-up...hard to answer without knowing your package & equipment... but we had to pay the upgrade for an HD-DVR Dual Receiver. Did you get your $50 sign-up credit too?
  16. andyaxa

    Bogus online pricing or Horrible CSRs?

    Despite a rather inauspicious start with Dish I do prefer their programming, pricing and receivers, so I figured I'd keep forging ahead. I could only locate one local guy and he seems very small and would not have any real customer support, so I went to the Dishstore. Very freindly and...
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    Bogus online pricing or Horrible CSRs?

    Yesterday morning, I went online to the DishNetwork site, "Dish Builder". I signed up for Americas250/HD Gold/Local Programming- 1 penny Cinemax. Designed the system for three sets. Receiver#1=HD/DVR + SD/DVR, Receiver #2=SD/NO DVR. When I continue on from that point I get a monthly price of...
  18. andyaxa

    FOX NEWS HD - Where are you?

    We just signed up for Americas250dvr w/Gold HD. When new HD channels come on line, do you automatically get it if it is already a part of your SD package? Or how does that work?
  19. andyaxa

    Swiching from Directv

    Thanks for all the help. Got it now. Was looking at info on the receivers and couldn't for the life of me get how the second remote was communicating with the receiver...UHF...duh. One more question if I may...If they backhaul from the 722 to the main junction/splitter, we should be able to...
  20. andyaxa

    Swiching from Directv

    Okay, thanks! If I understand correctly... the installer will have to run the RG6 from the satellite to the main TV with HD(we only want one with HD). The other SD TV's in the house will be okay with the RG-59...for now, but we'll have to pull new cable if we want to add HD to any of those...
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    Swiching from Directv

    Hi all, We have been with Directv for five years, but just last week we started having problems and I traced it back to a bad LNB. Don't feel like buying parts and fixing it or paying someone to fix it...and more importantly we want to upgrade to HD and dvr. Seems five years with Directv doesn't...