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Unless you can talk them out of it, they'll likely ding you the fee. Being audited is a crapshoot. They're really after people with large numbers of receivers activated that they think may be account stacking. You can also use a wireless access point or the HomePlug solution for connection to a wireless router.

Thanks for the info!

Just spoke with a guy at work today and he said he has a 622 and 722. He doesn't have landline phone service. He said he connected the 722 up to the net, called Dish, and they took away the access fee!? I know the guy and I don't' think he would make this up. He told me he never thought twice about it; thought that was the way it worked. Guess it's one of those "catch the right CSR at the right time" deals!

Laddyboy said:

Unless you can talk them out of it, they'll likely ding you the fee. Being audited is a crapshoot. They're really after people with large numbers of receivers activated that they think may be account stacking. You can also use a wireless access point or the HomePlug solution for connection to a wireless router.

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How would you connect wirelessly? Is the a wireless adapter in the 622/722? I understand the homeplug but I didn't know they were wireless capable. If I can connect to my wireless router, I don't have to get into my crawlspace.

Acerbean

I thought the homeplug support allows you to connect your receivers together through the Dishcomm feature via your power lines (ac plugs) - and if you are able to connect them both successfully with the Dishcomm feature, only one of the receivers had to be connected to the internet? You wouldn't need any wireless feature if one of your receivers can connect directly to the internet. That receiver would then connect to the other receiver through your ac plug using your home ac wiring. Then both would be accounted for and you wouldn't get the additional outlet fee.

The way my house is wired, though, doesn't allow for the Dishcomm feature to work so I do connect each one of them to the same router. However, my question is if it would be okay to have each receiver connect to different internet providers. No tricky stuff here - I just happen to have cable internet near one receiver, and DSL service near another receiver. I haven't done that for fear that they would think that it would seem that the receivers were in different houses, but honest - they're not. It just would be more convenient for me.

Jim5506 - what do you mean by your comment? I do not get charged the $5 additional outlet fee with both of my 722s on the internet, but when I did not have my older receivers (used to have two 301s single tuners) connected the phone line I was charged the fee.

I have a vip222 should i plug it into my network or just leave it on the phone line? I just had the install last week and ran 4 rg6 quads and 2 cat5e's to where each box was (also have a dvr) 2 for the sat (in and out) 1 for my cameras and 1 for my OTA antenna. The cat5e 1 phone and 1 lan

bighick said:

I have a vip222 should i plug it into my network or just leave it on the phone line? I just had the install last week and ran 4 rg6 quads and 2 cat5e's to where each box was (also have a dvr) 2 for the sat (in and out) 1 for my cameras and 1 for my OTA antenna. The cat5e 1 phone and 1 lan

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Either works for the $5 savings.

A few functions were still only working by phone line, the last I heard.

But several functions have or are about to become available via the Internet for some models. Video on Demand and Web Scheduling. Not sure if they will be available with the ViP222. May need to wait for the External Hard Drive that was promised some time back.