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    New to Dish and have lost signal twice in the first two weeks

    My install was 3 weeks ago and I'm seeing similar signal numbers. We've had some rain come through, but nothing heavy. I haven't had an outage so far. My installer did reuse my Directv cables coming into the house. He ran new cable from the dish to the "splitter" or node (been a while since...
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    DirecTV to Dish?

    I just recently switched from DTV over to Dish almost 3 weeks ago. I had Dish in the past with a 722 DVR, but when I moved to my new house they were unwilling to give me free equipment or promo deals on the programming since I still had an account in my name back at my mom's house. It was in...
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    Flex related question

    I just got new service a couple weeks ago with the Flex. So far very happy with the hopper 3 and the monthly price. Even the regular price after 2 years is better than my year 2 price through Directv. My mom wants me to switch her to the Flex pack since she's paying $90 for 1 722 DVR and the...
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    Great Experience with DN

    I actually had a great install back in Nov. 08. The guy did an excellent job with all phases of the install. I had a 6 X 6 treated post with my Directv dish mounted on it and he reused it. Said he'd put in a steel post with concrete if I preferred, but my post had been in a while and was...
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    TurboHD Gold/DishAmerica Gold - No new HDs?

    I wish that ad was true. I'd upgrade to the Dish America Silver and get FX and other stuff I want.
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    Thinking of getting Dish Network....

    Not sure if they are letting new customers sign up with the old Turbo HD packages, but that's the cheapest route. They are now called Dish America I think. I have the old Turbo HD Bronze for $35 per month with locals. HDDVR is another $6 plus taxes. It's a pretty good price for a decent...
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    Who has Dish America (Turbo HD)?

    I have Turbo HD Bronze (Dish America) and I get Spike. No MTV though.
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    Bluefield/Beckley DMA on Dish - any updates?

    I have guys at work who live in Bluefield and are waiting for locals before signing up with Dish. I keep telling them soon so I'm hopeful they will get online in the near future.
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    UPDATED - New Dish Pricing Info!

    I personally would love some competition in my area. I would be fine with bundling my services together. In the town where I work Comcast has the cable company and Verizon has the phone with DSL available. Both have very solid internet services in the town. The cable there seems to be pretty...
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    Dish switching from 4 leased tuners to 6!!!!!

    I'm sure they'll give you 6 tuners now with the $17 per box fee. That's like gravy for Dish.
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    OK who has been a E sub the longest?

    First week of February 1998 for me. I had seen a brochure for the new Dish Network inside of a Gateway 2000 computer box that I received. Looked at it and forgot it for a while. A large 3 ft. snow storm knocked out power, phone, and cable on the last week of January. We were without power...
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    UPDATED - New Dish Pricing Info!

    I think the Turbo HD silver will be $39.99 so even better for you.
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    UPDATED - New Dish Pricing Info!

    I would've been with Dish for 12 years at the end of this month had I stayed the whole time. After 7.5 years I was trying go get a decent price on buying a 510. All I was offered was full retail even though I'd never got a receiver or DVR at a discounted price or free like many others. I...
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    UPDATED - New Dish Pricing Info!

    I've looked at options too, but unless I get a huge jump in my bill I can't get a cheaper price than Dish. My only comparable option is to bundle from my cable company along with my internet, but my cable company doesn't carry DVRs or HD programming. $107 per month for a digital package and...
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    UPDATED - New Dish Pricing Info!

    Just add $26 to the monthly bill for when the promo expires. Direct is giving a credit of $26 per month for 1 year.
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    UPDATED - New Dish Pricing Info!

    Or just use $9 of that savings to get Netflix with the unlimited streaming and 1 dvd shipped at a time. I get about 6 to 8 dvds a month shipped plus I stream a lot of TV shows that I've missed or are on HBO and Showtime. Probably the best $9 worth of entertainment I spend per month.
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    UPDATED - New Dish Pricing Info!

    If the first receiver is in fact completely free except for the $6 DVR fee then my bill will actually go down. I'm on the Turbo HD Bronze at $30 so if it does go down by $5 and includes locals my bill will be $25 + $6 DVR + $17 second 722 + $5 for Encore Pak for a total of $53 plus taxes...
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    Dumped Turbo and I got a deal (!?)

    Thanks for the info. I might have to give them a call or chat online. See what kinda deal they might give me. If not I'll hang with my current package for a good price.
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    Dumped Turbo and I got a deal (!?)

    Which Turbo HD plan did you switch from? I'm on Bronze and if I could get a deal where I get the Classic Bronze plus HD & platinum for a similar price I'd switch. As it is I would go from about $57 including the encore pack up to about $77 plus taxes. If the difference wasn't $20 per month...
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    My Install guy is here!!!

    I ended up with a 6" treated post for my dish 1000. I had a slimline D* dish on it for a couple of years and now the dish 1000 for a year. So far it has remained true with no warping. I know a good steel post is best, but I used what I had and it's concreted over 2 ft and solid as a rock. I...
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    This cable has better picture than DISH

    I have no doubt it's possible to have better PQ with the cable in some cases. Where I work we have Comcast for HSI and cable. The PQ on even the SD is pretty solid. Where I live is the problem. I have the choice of JetBroadband for cable or either E* or D*. I have the HSI through the cable...
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    time to say goodbye to AbsoluteHD???

    I'm not on Absolute, but am on the Turbo HD Bronze which is pretty cheap. I went up to the classic silver plus HD just last Sunday. By the end of the week I realized I wasn't watching enough of the extra channels to justify the extra cost. I switched back Friday. Now if they do add BBCA HD...
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    NFL RZC a New Excuse for Charlie

    I was going to sign up for the sports pack to get NFL RZ online and it says I can't because I have the Turbo HD Bronze package. Guess they won't be getting my 6 bucks a month.
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    Dish Programming Changes (Effective August 1st)

    I hope that anyone wanting Turbo HD was already signed up. Looks like they have completely removed mention of it on the web. I was wondering how long it would survive.
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    Dish Programming Changes (Effective August 1st)

    I've been thinking about adding the HBO and Starz for $22. Might be a good time to do so if we get to keep that price.