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WB0JFC

Last reply Jun 9, 2011 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

State/ocal Tax

I live in Nevada and have never had a tax on my Dish bill. In the last month I replaced one of my 508 DVRs with a 722K. My next bill is now showing a $1.00 State/Local Tax. I chated with a CSR and was told that it was because I now had a DVR fee due to the 722K. This sounds bogus to me. Has anyone else ran into this? Is it legit or is Dish stiffing me for an extra dollar each month?

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R0ss

Jun 2, 2011

EatMyVolts said:
Not to start a fight, just to point out a fact, Nevada has had Republican governors since 1999.

Being in sales tax free Oregon, I don't know what rate Nevada has, but a buck on six (16%) does seem awfully high.

Even when a Republican is elected in MA we have had a democratic legislature. Sales tax in MA is 6.25%. I agree a buck is out rageous. Maybe the question to Dish hould be what is the Sales Tax rate NV harold them to charge. Could be thee is a telecommunications tax that the DVR fee falls under that is a different rate than the general sales tax...just a thought

Ross

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CK SatGuy

Jun 2, 2011

All I know is that I get taxed $.90 on my bill each month. Sales tax in Michigan is 6%. Don't know about local taxes in Livonia, MI. 6% of $6.00 equals $.36. Looks like I'm being overcharged, but again I'm not 100% sure.

lakecoder

Jun 3, 2011

Paying 7% here in MN on everything. I'd gladly take your $1 tax!!

WB0JFC

Jun 9, 2011

Thanks for the responses. It was a charge I was not expecting so was a little surprised. It looks like the monthly amount will be about $0.43. The $1.00 included some back charges for when the 722K was installed.

chicagonettech

Jun 9, 2011

WB0JFC said:
I live in Nevada and have never had a tax on my Dish bill. In the last month I replaced one of my 508 DVRs with a 722K. My next bill is now showing a $1.00 State/Local Tax. I chated with a CSR and was told that it was because I now had a DVR fee due to the 722K. This sounds bogus to me. Has anyone else ran into this? Is it legit or is Dish stiffing me for an extra dollar each month?

Contact your Nevada Department of Revenue and ask them if they have recently enacted legislation to specifically tax SATELLITE DELIVERY or SATELLITE EQUIPMENT lease fees.

I had this happen in Illinois about 2 years ago and kept contacting Dish Network who fed me a line of crap about taxes on DVRs. I finally contacted the Illinois Department of Revenue who very explicitly stated that neither Illinois or Chicago imposed taxes on either satellite delivery fees or equipment - when that equipment is owned. Chicago DOES impose a leasing tax on the LEASE FEES ONLY for any equipment LEASED by residents of CHICAGO, but I OWN my equipment and do not lease it.

After more than two years of fighting with Dish Network I finally got the taxes removed from my bill and forwarded the information to the Illinois Department of Revenue.

They are supposed to contact Dish Network to make certain that all taxes improperly collected are REFUNDED to every subscriber in Illinois who had them collected for the full time they were collected. They stated that Dish Network never had any right to collect taxes at any level because Illinois does not collect sales or use taxes on satellite transmission or equipment.

They stated that the City of Chicago needed to contact Dish Network to work out details for collecting LEASE FEES only on LEASED EQUIPMENT but that Dish Network would have to adapt their systems to correctly show who OWNED and who LEASED equipment so that leasing taxes could be properly collected ONLY from those who LEASE equipment.

Both the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois stated that NO TAXES ARE ALLOWED TO BE COLLECTED FOR DELIVERY OF SATELLITE SERVICES.

In Illinois there is no sales tax on services or delivery fees - only on the COST OF THE ACTUAL ITEM SOLD. Content does not qualify for "goods."

There is currently NO FEDERAL LAW which mandates collecting taxes on satellite delivery services in ANY state. Taxes are strictly a STATE and MUNICIPAL decision when it comes to satellite and equipment lease fees.

Dish Network has finally removed the monthly taxes from my bill and refunded me for only a small portion of the total sales / equipment taxes they collected.

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Scott Greczkowski

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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...

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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.

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Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow

Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

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Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

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reubenray

Last reply 49 minutes ago · posted in Computers and Gadgets

Laptop Shutting Off When On Battery?

Lately my eight year old Dell laptop has been shutting off even when I have a full battery. I have had to keep it plugged up all the time to keep this from happening. Any idea what is causing this? I replaced the battery about three years ago.

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arlo

Today at 10:09 AM

A recalibration might be needed. Even if it shows full, the individual cells may have become unbalaced. And the BMS chip in the battery reports false information to the pc.
Try this. Start it up in the bios/uefi and leave it there until the battery dies and it shuts off.
It might just keep running longer than in Windows. Or run for a short while and shut off.
If it's the first case. Probably just needs a balancing. If the latter, the pack might just be dead.
Not throwing stones but perhaps just a cheaply constructed battery with substandard cells. Could be.

Patience. Keep restarting it in bios/uefi until it won't fire up anymore.
Then plug the charger in and let it complete a full charge. And see what happens. If it's better.
Do the same thing one more time. Run it until it dies dead-dead. Then just let it charge, pc shut off.
When charged, it might be better. It might not be.

There are bench jigs that read the actual BMS and override it to let a tech manually monitor and charge the separate packs. They can also reset any "time bombs" in it that cause an otherwise good pack to show bad.
Maybe Santa will be good to me some year.

You might just need a new battery. Maybe the PC power management chip is going. A Dell common thing.
Leaving a laptop plugged in with a full battery is known to reduce the life. Asus for one recommends that you don't leave the charger plugged in all of the time even when shut down. And setting Windows to charge the battery to 85% instead of 100% increases life.
That's all I got.

dishstaller

49 minutes ago

arlo said:
That's all I got.

That was quite enough....I definitely learned something from your post. Thanks

TRG

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Last reply 58 minutes ago · posted in Computers and Gadgets

Starlink Router question

I set up a music server for my brother a few years ago. It's basically a small headless computer but it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.

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b4pjoe

Saturday at 2:12 PM

TRG said:
I set up a music server for my brother a few years ago. It's basically a small headless computer but it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.

If you can't get into the router to reserve an IP address just don't use DHCP on the device that needs connected and assign it to a specific IP address in the network settings.

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HipKat

Saturday at 11:07 PM

TRG said:
I set up a music server for my brother a few years ago. It's basically a small headless computer but it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.

They are not. Your best bet is to set up a third-party router, attached to the Starlink for your server, that you can get into, like a Linksys, etc

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Foxbat

Sunday at 12:44 AM

TRG said:
…it needs to have a DHCP IP address reserved for it in the router settings. This was easy to do in his DSL router. He's switching to Starlink now and I was wondering if these setting are easily accessible in the Starlink router. I'm pretty sure he will be getting the latest V5 router.

The Starlink V5 Install Kit I just got comes with the Mini Router. It is pretty limited in what it can do. For example, it can provide only one IP subnet at a time, no Guest Network, but it does support the pass-thru to a third-party Router. You can also split the Wi-Fi into separate 5 GHz & 2.4 GHz SSIDs to help some IoT devices that don't support 5 GHz bands to work.

The larger Starlink Router that still comes with the V4 Kit does support a Guest Network with separate IPv4 Subnet, but it's $120 from Starlink. And it still won't do DHCP Reservations.

harshness

Sunday at 11:46 AM

If you can restrict the DHCP address space to assign addresses to one end of the subnet (i.e. x.x.x.50+), you can manually assign the IP address on pretty much any operating system. This is a default behavior on several popular routers. As the Router Mini only supports 235 devices, I expect that's already done.

Another option is to use a router that supports PoE to power the antenna. This article discusses that option (under PoE Power heading):

Starlink V5 Is Here: What RVers Need to Know

Overview of the new Starlink V5 model along with comparison to the previous V4 model along with a recommended setup for mobile internet users.

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Foxbat

58 minutes ago

Now that I've had the v5 kit with the Mini Router, it's not as bad as I first thought. Yes, no DHCP reservations, but you can set up multiple SSIDs that have separate IPv4 subnets, and like the big brother, you can select from 192.168.x.0/24 or 10.x.0.0/16 (where "x" is 1-4).

You can also split a subnet and have different SSIDs for the 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz channels to handle some IoT devices. I haven't discovered what subnet the 2nd NIC on the router assigns, I'm guessing it's the first subnet.

dishstaller

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Last reply 59 minutes ago · posted in The Chit Chat Club

I think we could all use a laugh - Rodney Dangerfield on Carson

Good...simple humor. Enjoy

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E92AtfTLge4

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Jimbo

Today at 12:37 AM

Not Rodney, but a laugh ...

View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WHEcmortfK0?feature=share

dishstaller

59 minutes ago

Sorry for posting the wrong link. Just corrected it.

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Last reply Today at 10:17 AM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

At least 64 dead in Spanish passenger train collision

Terrible tragedy. You would think that they would have safe guards in place that would prevent something like this from happening. I guess if you are going to ride in a passenger train it might be best to get a car near the rear.

At Least 64 Dead After Two High-Speed Trains Collide In Spain | ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

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Jimbo

Yesterday at 11:24 AM

dishstaller said:
Terrible tragedy. You would think that they would have safe guards in place that would prevent something like this from happening. I guess if you are going to ride in a passenger train it might be best to get a car near the rear.

At Least 64 Dead After Two High-Speed Trains Collide In Spain | ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

www.zerohedge.com

They will have to look at the switching sections to determine WHY 2 trains were on the same track ... at the same time.

dishstaller

Today at 10:17 AM

Thought this article might be of interest to some of you who might travel via train.

The safest seat to sit on in a train

Safety experts have shared top tips on train safety after a fatal railway crash in Spain killed 69 people, including where the safest place is in an emergency.

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