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JoshMcMadMac
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New member, looking at DirectTV

Hello! I am brand new here, thinking about switching from cable. I have a bunch of questions about going with DirectTV, so thanks in advance.

1) I know with cable there is always a few dollars worth of fees for things like the FCC, making the bill more than just the package price. How much should I anticipate being tacked on to the DirectTV bill?

2) It seems like things have progressed with satellite, and only one RG6 cable is needed as a connection from the dish into the house. Am I correct on that? Does Dish Network do the same thing, or do they still require a cable for each STB be connected directly to the dish?

3) It looks like all of the current promotions are based on a two year contract. However, when I check on the conditions for the programing package it looks like any package from $29.99 and up is acceptable for the duration of the contract. So my question is: can I sign up for the Premier package (which is currently free with NFL Sunday ticket), then downgrade to the Choice Ultimate in five months? Or, say next spring I need to cut back on expenses, could I downgrade to the Choice package without any repercussions?

4) After clicking through the checkout process, the summary page has internet access at the bottom. It is a one time $25 fee; is that just to plug the CAT6 line from the wall to the STB, or does that include being connected to DirectTV? I have a spare ethernet port right where the HD-DVR will go, so do I need to shell out the $25 or can I just do it myself?

5a) One of the things I really like about DirectTV over Dish is the whole-house DVR. However, this requires HD receivers, which I would ideally need a total of three throughout the house. They are offering one free HD-DVR and one free HD receiver, but that leaves me paying $200 for two more HD receivers. Plus it sounds like another $25 for the internet connection. Being that I am a first time customer switching from cable, is it worth it to call DirectTV and "barter" for getting the additional charges at no cost? Or is the pricing pretty firm?

5b) I like that this site has a $100 rebate by going through thedishstore.net...but would I be missing out on the batering listed above?

6) I do not want a dish bolted to the side of my house. My house is 2-story, with a decent pitch to the roof; I do not know about the installer, but I would not want to be climbing all the way up there to put the dish on the roof! So, I think that leaves me with putting a post in the ground to mount the dish to. I am ok with that, but does anyone have any experience with this? Will the installer be ok with doing this? Also, I would need to have the post in the ground before the installer gets here; how can I be sure I have it installed with a proper view?

7) Is anyone using a Harmony remote with the HD-DVR? How does it work?

8) How is satellite when it comes to weather anymore? I know it used to be any decent storm would take it out...is that still the case?

9) Any other "gotchas" or things to look out for?
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JoshMcMadMac said:
Hello! I am brand new here, thinking about switching from cable. I have a bunch of questions about going with DirectTV, so thanks in advance.

1) I know with cable there is always a few dollars worth of fees for things like the FCC, making the bill more than just the package price. How much should I anticipate being tacked on to the DirectTV bill?

2) It seems like things have progressed with satellite, and only one RG6 cable is needed as a connection from the dish into the house. Am I correct on that? Does Dish Network do the same thing, or do they still require a cable for each STB be connected directly to the dish?

3) It looks like all of the current promotions are based on a two year contract. However, when I check on the conditions for the programing package it looks like any package from $29.99 and up is acceptable for the duration of the contract. So my question is: can I sign up for the Premier package (which is currently free with NFL Sunday ticket), then downgrade to the Choice Ultimate in five months? Or, say next spring I need to cut back on expenses, could I downgrade to the Choice package without any repercussions?

4) After clicking through the checkout process, the summary page has internet access at the bottom. It is a one time $25 fee; is that just to plug the CAT6 line from the wall to the STB, or does that include being connected to DirectTV? I have a spare ethernet port right where the HD-DVR will go, so do I need to shell out the $25 or can I just do it myself?

5a) One of the things I really like about DirectTV over Dish is the whole-house DVR. However, this requires HD receivers, which I would ideally need a total of three throughout the house. They are offering one free HD-DVR and one free HD receiver, but that leaves me paying $200 for two more HD receivers. Plus it sounds like another $25 for the internet connection. Being that I am a first time customer switching from cable, is it worth it to call DirectTV and "barter" for getting the additional charges at no cost? Or is the pricing pretty firm?

5b) I like that this site has a $100 rebate by going through thedishstore.net...but would I be missing out on the batering listed above?

6) I do not want a dish bolted to the side of my house. My house is 2-story, with a decent pitch to the roof; I do not know about the installer, but I would not want to be climbing all the way up there to put the dish on the roof! So, I think that leaves me with putting a post in the ground to mount the dish to. I am ok with that, but does anyone have any experience with this? Will the installer be ok with doing this? Also, I would need to have the post in the ground before the installer gets here; how can I be sure I have it installed with a proper view?

7) Is anyone using a Harmony remote with the HD-DVR? How does it work?

8) How is satellite when it comes to weather anymore? I know it used to be any decent storm would take it out...is that still the case?

9) Any other "gotchas" or things to look out for?
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A lot of gotchas\

after a year promo price, my price tripled , no lie!! tripled
69.. to 177.00 per month!!
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Ignore BIG; there are no gotchas; everything is well spelled out provided you do not ignore posted, printed and/or emailed details. Its all spelled out.
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Ignore BIG; there are no gotchas; everything is well spelled out provided you do not ignore posted, printed and/or emailed details. Its all spelled out.
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no gotchas!????


DirecTV thrives on 'deception,' lawsuit alleges - The Red Tape Chronicles - msnbc.com
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So is picture-in-picture possible with any of this equipment?
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JoshMcMadMac said:
So is picture-in-picture possible with any of this equipment?
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Nope....
Unless you use two separate recvrs.
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Jimbo said:
Nope....
Unless you use two separate recvrs.
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Bummer. What about the "8 games at once" commercial I have seen...is that specific only to the NFL Sunday Ticket, or is that something within the receiver?
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Big said:
no gotchas!????


DirecTV thrives on 'deception,' lawsuit alleges - The Red Tape Chronicles - msnbc.com
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You already started a thread on this very article. It was shown to be inaccurate. It is also almost 2 years old. Yet you ignore these facts that were presented in the other thread and try to bring up the same thing in another thread.
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DodgerKing said:
You already started a thread on this very article. It was shown to be inaccurate. It is also almost 2 years old. Yet you ignore these facts that were presented in the other thread and try to bring up the same thing in another thread.
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He is now up to 18 posts. 17 are complaining about Directv, one says he has a hot wife. :rolleyes: You decide.
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JoshMcMadMac said:
Bummer. What about the "8 games at once" commercial I have seen...is that specific only to the NFL Sunday Ticket, or is that something within the receiver?
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Those are the Game Mix channels for Sunday Ticket. MLB Extra Innings also has one and maybe NBA League Pass, but I don't know for sure. I know NHL Center Ice doesn't have one.

There is also a Sports Mix channel that shows 8 different sports channels at once, depending on what is on (like ESPN, ESPN 2, MLB Network, NHL Network, Tennis Channel, etc). There is also a News Mix channel that shows 8 different news channels (CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, etc)
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DodgerKing said:
You already started a thread on this very article. It was shown to be inaccurate. It is also almost 2 years old. Yet you ignore these facts that were presented in the other thread and try to bring up the same thing in another thread.
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Surprisingly enough :rolleyes: big got himself banned. I don't know if it's permanent or not.
Maybe it was his math skills: 69x3=177!
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Hes not very good with math either!
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Big said:
A lot of gotchas\

after a year promo price, my price tripled , no lie!! tripled
69.. to 177.00 per month!!
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The price doesn't triple. It CLEARLY states on their website that the programming package discount is $29 per month for 12 months. It also CLEARLY states on their website what the regular price will be after your 12 month discount has expired. It is not hidden....it is CLEARLY listed on every single package.

Choice 29.99 - Save $29 every month for one full year. Reg. price: $58.99/month
Choice Xtra 34.99 - Save $29 every month for one full year. Reg. price: $63.99/month
Choice Ultimate 39.99 - Save $29 every month for one full year. Reg. price: $68.99/month
Premier 85.99 - Save $29 every month for one full year. Reg. price: $114.99/month
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Musk Seeking to Expand SpaceX Into a Cellular Provider

Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!


View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ivrqvKdSh90


Direct YouTube Link - Musk Seeking to Expand SpaceX Into a Cellular Provider
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Last reply · posted in Computers and Gadgets

Fox Is Buying Roku in $22 Billion Deal

Fox Is Buying Roku in $22 Billion Deal
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Given that Tubi is one of the hottest FAST services out there, I don't expect it to go anywhere. Building up intolerance for ads takes a while, and as long as the advertisers are willing to foot the bill, why not?
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Building up intolerance for ads takes a while, and as long as the advertisers are willing to foot the bill, why not?
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That is what I have to explain to customers all the time. They want it free with no ads :facepalm
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I suspect Fox will make me consider 2-3 more Apple TV STB purchases.
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I suspect Fox will make me consider 2-3 more Apple TV STB purchases.
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As long as my Roku Ultra works I will use it. I use it for all of my streaming apps except for Prime. I read that Prime works best with Android TV's.
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Hmmm. Not watching much Prime, but it would be on our Apple TV STB.

You know of any drawbacks using Ultra and Prime?
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navychop said:
Hmmm. Not watching much Prime, but it would be on our Apple TV STB.

You know of any drawbacks using Ultra and Prime?
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Prime seems to have a problem passing the DV/HDR metadata to Roku and Apple devices, but no problem with their Fire devices.
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That is what I have to explain to customers all the time. They want it free with no ads :facepalm
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The ads are boring and repetitive...same ad over and over...bring back 1970s ads..might not be as big an issue
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Shouldn't this thread be in the IPTV forum?
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Song Name Game Part 3!

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....
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I Want to Know What Love Is - Foreigner
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Oh What A Night For Dancing - Barry White
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It's a Good Night for Singing - Jerry Jeff Walker
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2026-27 NCAA College Football

Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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A lot of upsets yesterday, but my LSU Tigers won.
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Parity is growing in College Football. Making it even harder to tell who is better than each other.
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Parity is growing in College Football. Making it even harder to tell who is better than each other.
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I agree to a point. The transfer policy is creating parity, but only for the top 20-25 teams. The other 110+ teams in the FBS are just breeding grounds for the bigger schools which have more money and more recruiting appeal.

If a smaller school recruits, trains, and matures a quality player, they can't keep them past their sophomore year because the bigger schools snatch them up. Example: LSU didn't cultivate Sam Leavitt, they just harvested him from other schools. LSU is a top contender, in large part because of Leavitt. Michigan State and Arizona State.................are not. If either of those schools had been able to retain his services, who knows where they would be now.
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A lot of upsets yesterday, but my LSU Tigers won.
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Coach says afternoon game result of SEC "conspiracy". The rivalry game vs. Ala. will kick off in the afternoon at Baton Rouge rather than at night, which head coach Lane Kiffin says is intentional in order to neutralize fan craziness and noise, which is believed to help lead to wins for squads playing at home. "Obviously the SEC wanted to change this year from how it had been to give LSU less advantage, (considering) how well LSU plays at night and how intimidating it is to play here. So I guess when I look at it that way, I'm not surprised."

But he's come up with an ingenious solution. "Go to bed earlier Fri. night, then start your day earlier. Have breakfast earlier. Start drinking earlier. Whatever your routine is, just move it up."

Meantime ads have been running for a "Protect College Sports Act" moving through Congress.
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Dish Bankruptcy - Business as Usual

Looks like dish is Bankrupt. Filling tomorrow Tuesday June 30th
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SpaceX has held talks with Boost's parent company EchoStar in recent months about launching its own signature wireless service through a deal with the company, according to two people familiar with the negotiations.
Musk, the SpaceX CEO, has discussed the deal personally, meeting with EchoStar chairman Charlie Ergen last month, according to the people. The potential deal may result in SpaceX acquiring Boost Mobile or SpaceX gaining access to its network, which it leases from AT&T and T-Mobile US, the people said.
Access to those lease agreements would be a coup for SpaceX. The back door would allow Musk to make a play for a U.S. wireless market that equity research firm MoffettNathanson estimates is worth $235 billion. But the proposed service may need consent from those carriers for the service to actually launch, the people said.
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SpaceX has held talks with Boost's parent company EchoStar in recent months about launching its own signature wireless service through a deal with the company, according to two people familiar with the negotiations.
Musk, the SpaceX CEO, has discussed the deal personally, meeting with EchoStar chairman Charlie Ergen last month, according to the people. The potential deal may result in SpaceX acquiring Boost Mobile or SpaceX gaining access to its network, which it leases from AT&T and T-Mobile US, the people said.
Access to those lease agreements would be a coup for SpaceX. The back door would allow Musk to make a play for a U.S. wireless market that equity research firm MoffettNathanson estimates is worth $235 billion. But the proposed service may need consent from those carriers for the service to actually launch, the people said.
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Can't remember where or who I saw predict this. :D

It wouldn't surprise me to see Elon soon own all of DISH / Echostar in the future.
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Bruce
Bruce
Scott Greczkowski said:
It wouldn't surprise me to see Elon soon own all of DISH / Echostar in the future.
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Again, why would Musk want a TV Service, specially one that is losing over a million subscribers a year.

Phone service…maybe, but not TV.
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Bruce said:
Again, why would Musk want a TV Service, specially one that is losing over a million subscribers a year.

Phone service…maybe, but not TV.
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I know he wants TV. He wants to deliver EVERYTHING to EVERYWHERE.
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Scott Greczkowski said:
I know he wants TV. He wants to deliver EVERYTHING to EVERYWHERE.
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Again, if so, why would he want Dish/Sling of all the providers?

He could deliver anything without actually owning, for example, watching the Lions game in my Tesla Y on it's screen via the YT app, while on the way to my future in-laws on Sunday.
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Again, if so, why would he want Dish/Sling of all the providers?

He could deliver anything without actually owning, for example, watching the Lions game in my Tesla Y on it's screen via the YT app, while on the way to my future in-laws on Sunday.
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dish has new sats dtv does not
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slow_poke_pete said:
dish has new sats dtv does not
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Hate to say this no one is ordering Satellite TV. Both DISH and Direct no new customers.
After 25 years with centurylink DSL 80 speed i changed to Xfinity 300 speed for $50 wow lightning fast for streaming. Still have DISH 27 years with them. Americas 250 package for $103. What you think of superbox or vseebox for streaming is it legal?
Still dish is easy to operate and change channels. What will Charlie Ergen do with new super satellites with loosing customers with satellites and boost?
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What you think of superbox or vseebox for streaming is it legal?
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NO.
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Hate to say this no one is ordering Satellite TV. Both DISH and Direct no new customers.
After 25 years with centurylink DSL 80 speed i changed to Xfinity 300 speed for $50 wow lightning fast for streaming. Still have DISH 27 years with them. Americas 250 package for $103. What you think of superbox or vseebox for streaming is it legal?
Still dish is easy to operate and change channels. What will Charlie Ergen do with new super satellites with loosing customers with satellites and boost?
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While I agree but dish just launched a new sat. That can be used as an asset for Elon. Maybe he will repurpose em for his cell service. And if he wants tv to. God knows why he would but I think he will get a great deal on the contracts in place and equipment!!! I could think of better things to spend my money on. And to be honest Elon has nothing to offer me have blazing fast internet and ill never buy an ev. The veesee box and the super box are illegal.
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For your viewing pleasure...
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AT&T, T-Mobile Are Reportedly Ready To Boot Boost Mobile If SpaceX Buys It

Semafor’s Rohan Goswami said that AT&T and T-Mobile have discussed removing Boost Mobile from their networks if SpaceX acquires the EchoStar unit, creating a potential obstacle to Elon Musk’s push to become a major U.S. wireless carrier.
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For your viewing pleasure...
finance.yahoo.com

AT&T, T-Mobile Are Reportedly Ready To Boot Boost Mobile If SpaceX Buys It

Semafor’s Rohan Goswami said that AT&T and T-Mobile have discussed removing Boost Mobile from their networks if SpaceX acquires the EchoStar unit, creating a potential obstacle to Elon Musk’s push to become a major U.S. wireless carrier.
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That's ok, I'm sure Verizon will be happy to take them.
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Last reply · posted in Internet Television (IPTV) Discussion Forum

Traditional/Streaming Live TV Providers Losses, 3rd Quarter 2026 Edition

Comcast is the first to report, with a massive 274,000 loss in video subscribers.

In the 3Q of 2016, Comcast had 21.42 million video subscribers and was the #1 provider, now at 10.39 million and is the #3 Provider, YTTV is #2 ( who also surpassed DirecTV-8 Million and Dish-under 5 Million), Charter/Spectrum is #1.

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Comcast Just Lost 274,000 TV Customers & 144,000 Internet Customers In Just Three Months | Cord Cutters News

Comcast Corporation reported its third-quarter 2026 results on October 22, showing continued erosion in its domestic residential broadband internet and video customer bases as competitive pressures intensified across the connectivity market. The company recorded a net loss of 144,000 domestic...
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Optimum, which bought up our previous cable company, Suddenlink (originally COX), replac ed all of their coax disdribution with Fiber several years ago. They ran new fiber links to the house, but installed RFOG (RF over glass) devices on the outside of the house, which makes the house coax system look like a cable system. They used DOCSIS modems and of course we had the same assymetric bandwidth of cable internet. When I called them a couple years ago, and said I had installed a connection to the local Fiber provideer, MetroNet, They panicked and offered me the 300 MBit "Fiber powered" cable service for $20 per month. They were bleeding customers. I cancelled my Metronet and went with the $20 deal for a year, even though I didn't like the old cable technology.

Then T-moble Fiber struck a deal with Metronet Fiber where T-mobile would take over the marketing, billing and customer relations for residential Customers. They offered a "Founders Deal" for 2 Gigabit service, symmetric speeds, for $70 per month for new customers. That included all taxes and fees and was guaranteed for 10 years. I couldn't resist. That deal is no longer offered, but I am set for 9 more years.

Now the successor to the old local telephone company, Brightspeed has also installed a modern Fiber system in the neighborhood, but won't be getting my business. But their Fiber technology is also superior to Optimums cable based system.

With Fiber competition, the cable companies are eventually doomed.
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Meanwhile, my neighbor 300' away has gigabit fiber, and I'm stuck with copper solutions.
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Foxbat said:
Meanwhile, my neighbor 300' away has gigabit fiber, and I'm stuck with copper solutions.
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similar situation. almost every neighborhood around me has fiber, but our 3 block area. I called AT&T and was like, how hard is it to bring fiber over about 200 feet (I am closest to the folks with fiber and can see it on the poles from my front door); crickets and very frustrating.
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savarese04 said:
similar situation. almost every neighborhood around me has fiber, but our 3 block area. I called AT&T and was like, how hard is it to bring fiber over about 200 feet (I am closest to the folks with fiber and can see it on the poles from my front door); crickets and very frustrating.
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"Business Intelligence" is more of an oxymoron than Military Intelligence.
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Meanwhile, my neighbor 300' away has gigabit fiber, and I'm stuck with copper solutions.
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I have gigabit fiber in an underground box on my property. But it's not lit up yet so I'm stuck with copper too. For now anyway.
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Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Updated to H715 on a Hopper 3 from H713

After a strange reboot last night in the middle of viewing, this morning several more reboots and about a half an hour download.
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Just did the update check manually about an hour ago with Hopper 3 on H713 and Hopper Plus on P15403.
Noticed something new when I clicked on the Update Software, it presented a pop-up as follows:
"Update software 1573
Update later Update now Cancel" with those three buttons which did not exist before.

After updating the H715 - I guess there must be major bugs as both H709 and H714 were skipped.

So here are the issue(s):

Issue #1
It did fix the problem with H713 which was:
"One of the problems I am seeing is that the Available Joey Software section no longer is showing the Android TV versions even after a manual software reset twice and the nightly reboot. Until it does, nether Technician Android TV download and Hopper Plus is able to check, download and update the Android TV software."

This was a major problem with H703.

H710 removed that dependency so H711 and H712 were working without that dependency but H713 brought it back which is fixed in H715 as no P versions or Android TV versions are shown in the Available Joey Software on the main Diagnostics screen.
However, with that said, the TECHNICIAN SETTINGS, Download ATV (Android TV) Files is not working correctly as the Download ATV Files shows:
"Download ATV Files 3000
Download in progress. This operation will be
complete when the files are downloaded

Joey 4 : P554- Failed
Joey 4 : P55403- Failed
Wireless Joey 4 : P654- Failed
Wireless Joey 4 : P65403- Complete
HopperPlus : P154- Complete
HopperPlus : P15403- Failed

OK"
From what I can tell, each of them goes through the Downloading followed by the Processing stages first before it goes into the Failed or Complete stage. It seemed to be going in a loop earlier as it will start downloading from the first item being the Joey 4 each time before it eventually stopped. This is the first time ever since 2023 that I had ever seen it Failed.

With that said, the dependency appears to still be required for the Hopper Plus to check, download and update the Android TV software as it says Failed, No Target when going to "Device Preferences", About, "Software Update"

Issue #2
Still cannot cast to Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus(Software P15317) with the Hopper Plus "Google Chromecast Built-In" feature" as it shows up as a casting device when the Hopper Plus is online and disappears when the Hopper 3 and Hopper Plus does it's nightly reboots but times out when one tries to cast to it and always shows up as Not available in the Google Home app on Android phone. No one else anywhere on the internet had confirmed whether it is working for them or not. Per brittanygarden in DM on October 16, 2026:
"We've been working with Google on this. We have a fix on the Google side projected for Q4. I know we're in Q4 now, but I will try to get a narrowed down timeline for you."

brittanygarden and Rick Durham

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Color blind man sees full colors for first time at age 66

Videos like this can make you appreciate the things we take for granted.


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dishstaller said:
Videos like this can make you appreciate the things we take for granted.


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That brought tears to my eyes.
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Bobby said:
That brought tears to my eyes.
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Really...REALLY hate to do this to you Bobby, but....


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Okay....if you think you can take it....this one brought tears to my eyes when I first saw it and did again just now.


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This came up in my suggestions probably because of the video I posted. I had NO idea exactly what being color blind actually was. Now I understand why that man was so blown away with seeing the trees......a lot of color blind people see green as brown, so grass, trees, etc all look brown.


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Its a shame nobody told him orange was blue and red was purple etc etc etc
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Often people who have organic vision or hearing activated as adults after never having had it cannot practically utilize it because their brains never developed the massive neural network needed to make sense of any of it.

Well, he sees in color, just differently. Can't he just enjoy that? My granny had anachromatic color blindness, meaning pretty much like a b&w tv
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