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Is anybody having problems with MLB Extra Innings? Mine worked fine until today. At first I couldn't get any of the channels --- said I wasn't subscribed (have previous confirmation of renewal from last year). After a couple resets, I could get some of the channels fine but still received an error message on some channels.
I called customer service, which was such a treat. The first call was about 20 - 30 minutes waiting and talking to somebody I could barely understand. He once again confirmed that I did indeed have it on my account and was subscribed to it. He was going to transfer me to level 2 support. Of course I got disconnected during his phone transfer!! Then I had to wait for a while after I called back. Then I had to explain everything again to the next rep and told them I needed to be transferred to level 2. I still had to go through everything again with the rep. They finally did transfer me. I thought I was lucky this time when the call actually stayed connected. After a wonderful wait, the level 2 tech couldn't seem to help with anything. He had me reset the receiver AGAIN, even though I told him I had already done it several times. Then he decided he needed to check to see if the channels I couldn't get were blacked out. I tried to tell him I only had a few blackouts and none of these were included. He told me they could have changed and checked to see if West Virginia was in St. Louis or Houston's blackout area!?!?!?! I wanted to ask him if he knew the geography of the US, but I kept my mouth shut. Once he took about 5 minutes to do this search, he agreed with me that it wasn't blacked out. He said they were aware of MLB EI problems and they hoped it would eventually come back on and I would just have to wait. I only keep DTV during baseball season and then suspend it during the offseason (because I think the dvr -- standard def -- is the absolutely most horrible piece of equipment), so I'm basically paying a butt load for not being able to watch anything that I want to. I even tried to schedule some EI recordings for later (shows up in the guide), and I am not able to schedule the recordings. It gives me the "showings" and "done" options and doesn't give the "record" option.
I've looked on several different forums and have not found anywhere at all anybody who is complaining about these problems. It makes me believe his spiel about there being a known problem was just an answer to get me off the phone. Is there anybody else having these issues? I'd like to think he wasn't lying to me, but it's getting pretty tough to believe that. Since I talked to 3 separate customer reps and didn't get my problems solved, I sent an e-mail just to give my issues and basically complain because I was spending so much money just to watch baseball (basically one particular team), and I am not able to watch it. I got a response that said problems were too difficult to solve through e-mail and "people have a lot of luck" calling the 1-800 number and talking to customer support. I guess they couldn't comprehend that I wrote and said I talked to 3 people and didn't have any luck at all. So frustrating!!! Is there any other number I can call to try to get this taken care of? I hate the fact that I am paying $160 for MLB EI, $12 a month for the sports pack (DTV does not offer one of my RSN on the regular packages, so I have to get the sports pack to be able to see any of their games), plus I have the $60 a month (and all associated fees) for the package. I got that package because the good deal offered last year (took 4 months to get all of the billing / rebate issues straightened out last year). I haven't gotten a bill again yet since I reactivated my account, but from the little bit of info I can see online, billing is messed up again. Once I get it all straightened out, I plan to reduce the plan to the family plan. That will save a little bit. I'm still spending WAY too much to not be able to watch or record the games I want to see. (Sorry for the rant, but I'm so fed up with DTV at this point -- just glad I kept my other service because of the terrible DTV dvr).
I called customer service, which was such a treat. The first call was about 20 - 30 minutes waiting and talking to somebody I could barely understand. He once again confirmed that I did indeed have it on my account and was subscribed to it. He was going to transfer me to level 2 support. Of course I got disconnected during his phone transfer!! Then I had to wait for a while after I called back. Then I had to explain everything again to the next rep and told them I needed to be transferred to level 2. I still had to go through everything again with the rep. They finally did transfer me. I thought I was lucky this time when the call actually stayed connected. After a wonderful wait, the level 2 tech couldn't seem to help with anything. He had me reset the receiver AGAIN, even though I told him I had already done it several times. Then he decided he needed to check to see if the channels I couldn't get were blacked out. I tried to tell him I only had a few blackouts and none of these were included. He told me they could have changed and checked to see if West Virginia was in St. Louis or Houston's blackout area!?!?!?! I wanted to ask him if he knew the geography of the US, but I kept my mouth shut. Once he took about 5 minutes to do this search, he agreed with me that it wasn't blacked out. He said they were aware of MLB EI problems and they hoped it would eventually come back on and I would just have to wait. I only keep DTV during baseball season and then suspend it during the offseason (because I think the dvr -- standard def -- is the absolutely most horrible piece of equipment), so I'm basically paying a butt load for not being able to watch anything that I want to. I even tried to schedule some EI recordings for later (shows up in the guide), and I am not able to schedule the recordings. It gives me the "showings" and "done" options and doesn't give the "record" option.
I've looked on several different forums and have not found anywhere at all anybody who is complaining about these problems. It makes me believe his spiel about there being a known problem was just an answer to get me off the phone. Is there anybody else having these issues? I'd like to think he wasn't lying to me, but it's getting pretty tough to believe that. Since I talked to 3 separate customer reps and didn't get my problems solved, I sent an e-mail just to give my issues and basically complain because I was spending so much money just to watch baseball (basically one particular team), and I am not able to watch it. I got a response that said problems were too difficult to solve through e-mail and "people have a lot of luck" calling the 1-800 number and talking to customer support. I guess they couldn't comprehend that I wrote and said I talked to 3 people and didn't have any luck at all. So frustrating!!! Is there any other number I can call to try to get this taken care of? I hate the fact that I am paying $160 for MLB EI, $12 a month for the sports pack (DTV does not offer one of my RSN on the regular packages, so I have to get the sports pack to be able to see any of their games), plus I have the $60 a month (and all associated fees) for the package. I got that package because the good deal offered last year (took 4 months to get all of the billing / rebate issues straightened out last year). I haven't gotten a bill again yet since I reactivated my account, but from the little bit of info I can see online, billing is messed up again. Once I get it all straightened out, I plan to reduce the plan to the family plan. That will save a little bit. I'm still spending WAY too much to not be able to watch or record the games I want to see. (Sorry for the rant, but I'm so fed up with DTV at this point -- just glad I kept my other service because of the terrible DTV dvr).
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For some reason, the satelliteguys.us site is loading a lot slower than usual on both Chrome on my Asus laptop and Safari on my iPhone.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
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I saw that, wasn't sure if PHP was employed by XenForo or not.
arstechnica.com
PHP warns it plans to release 2 emergency patches imminently
Unconfirmed report claims PHP2Shell exploit remotely executes code on PHP sites.
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Yup thats what xenforo is written in, php.
But all patched now.
But all patched now.
More specifically, these:
A more scholarly story is here:
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A more scholarly story is here:
PHP warns admins of two critical flaws, emergency patches coming tomorrow
The PHP security team is warning administrators to prepare for emergency security updates tomorrow to address two critical vulnerabilities, as information about the flaws has reportedly leaked ahead of their scheduled disclosure.
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I'm surprised Walmart hasn't banned this guy from all of their stores. He has been on their CASE the past few months.
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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For quite a while now, people with a VIP211k have been losing their recordings on their activated external HDDs... even when there's nothing physically wrong with HDD. I believe this is an intentional and underhanded tactic that Dish is pulling in an attempt to force users away from the VIP211k.
They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.
Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.
On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.
It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.
I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.
Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.
On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.
It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.
I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
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TWiT Tech Podcast Network
Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
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Direct YouTube Link - Windows Weekly 1006
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Every time my Dish contract comes up I weigh the options of keeping Dish or switch to streaming. Right now I can watch/record the OTA channels vis my HDHomerun. I also can stream CBS and NBC via the Paramount+ and Peacock apps. What I would need to find is how to watch the Food Network, HGTV, Syfy, USA, Hallmark channels, Great American Family, Lifetime channels plus a few more with an app or two. My current Dish bill is $118, so I should be able to get a few apps for a lot less.
Any suggestions? I would want the best picture quality and audio quality I could get.
Any suggestions? I would want the best picture quality and audio quality I could get.
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USA and SyFy content is on Peacock, you can receive the rest of those channels via Philo, only $25 a month.
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Stumbled across this ... http://www.gaspricewatch.com/USGas_ZipSearch.asp
I found no local prices, although it did show stations at my location...
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USA National Gas Temperature Map
State By State Gasoline Taxes
Gas Buddy
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I found no local prices, although it did show stations at my location...
Added these to this post...
USA National Gas Temperature Map
State By State Gasoline Taxes
Gas Buddy
Ethanol Free Stations
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Time for another AWESOME video from BoredAtWork!
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The TPN Map Excel Presents all DIRECTV Channels:
Understanding the TPN Map
Making Sense of the TPN Map Display Conventions
National (50-States or wide/NAT+PR beams)
Local (Local-Into-Local or narrow/Spot beams)
Local (Local-Into-Local or narrow/Spot beams)
Additional tabs provide:
OTA the (Over-The-Air) Database
VOD (Video On_Demand) Records
Offline Records
Engr Records
Net Decoder a graphic presentation of all satellites and transponders
VOD (Video On_Demand) Records
Offline Records
Engr Records
Net Decoder a graphic presentation of all satellites and transponders
Domestic Satellites
@99W...... D11, D14
@101W.... D16
@103W.... D12, D15
@110W.... D5
@119W.... D8
@99W...... D11, D14
@101W.... D16
@103W.... D12, D15
@110W.... D5
@119W.... D8
Understanding the TPN Map
Making Sense of the TPN Map Display Conventions
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