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littlecloud319

Last reply Dec 14, 2017 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

One account two houses

I know that it wouldn't be Dish authorized but, would it be possible to install a dish at my grandparents next door and have a Wally that's activated on my account installed on that dish? I thought I heard of someone doing this already. I'm exploring all options for the when there DireTV contract expires. They usually switch back and forth every 2 years but the one is thinking about going back to OTA but the other want to keep his westerns. So I was thinking about at that point getting them a Wally and have it connected with my account so they can get free/half price service which would make the one who wants to go OTA again be ok with satellite. There only issue is the price.

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pattykay

Dec 13, 2017

littlecloud319 said:
I know that it wouldn't be Dish authorized but, would it be possible to install a dish at my grandparents next door and have a Wally that's activated on my account installed on that dish? I thought I heard of someone doing this already. I'm exploring all options for the when there DireTV contract expires. They usually switch back and forth every 2 years but the one is thinking about going back to OTA but the other want to keep his westerns. So I was thinking about at that point getting them a Wally and have it connected with my account so they can get free/half price service which would make the one who wants to go OTA again be ok with satellite. There only issue is the price.

Welcome Pack + Starz Encore
$19.99 + $6.00 = $25.99 per month (soon to be $28.99 per month after Welcome Pack increases to $22.99 per month in January)
Would that work? If that is still too expensive, half-price or even free deals may be available for Starz Encore to lower the price even more. If they sign up now, they could also complain about the Welcome Pack price increase when it happens, to maybe get some temporary loyalty credits on the bill to offset the increase.

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Bobby

Dec 13, 2017

How close is the house next door?

brejust

Dec 13, 2017

crodrules said:
Welcome Pack + Starz Encore
$19.99 + $6.00 = $25.99 per month (soon to be $28.99 per month after Welcome Pack increases to $22.99 per month in January)
Would that work? If that is still too expensive, half-price or even free deals may be available for Starz Encore to lower the price even more. If they sign up now, they could also complain about the Welcome Pack price increase when it happens, to maybe get some temporary loyalty credits on the bill to offset the increase.

hmm they have offers where you can get the cinemax hbo deal combined for 10 dollars a month for 6 months, or you can get hbo by itself for 10 dollars a month.

i have the showtime for 5 dollars 6 month
dish movie pack 5 dollars for 6 months
the encore pack 3 dollars for 6 months
and then the other heartland pack 3 dollars for 6 months.
.................
welcome price going up by 3 dollars is reasonable.
they have other good deals.
................
i like some channels in these packs. and i have been watching some basic local channels. i catch like a movie every now and again. but for a deal like this watching and switching between some of these channels are good.
i looked at service electric cable vision and there 19.99 package is just locals. so dish welcome pack is way better.

i pay for fast internet 74.95 though, so i can stream really quick.
..................
cant lose with dish at all.
........................................
would never of found about these half off deals if i didnt come to this forum.
and dish is offering some good deals via dish site via offers.
;0)

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littlecloud319

Dec 13, 2017

Bobby said:
How close is the house next door?

About 600ft. I can pick up the neighbors ~1/2 mile away.

Bobby

Dec 13, 2017

littlecloud319 said:
About 600ft. I can pick up the neighbors ~1/2 mile away.

I asked because, if you were close, you would be able to simply run a coax between the houses. 600 feet is too far.

Hall

Dec 13, 2017

Bobby said:
600 feet is too far.

If he used RG11 instead of RG6, it might still work. 600+ feet of RG11 is expensive to "experiment" with though ! :biggrin

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Cheddar_Head

Dec 13, 2017

Hall said:
If he used RG11 instead of RG6, it might still work. 600+ feet of RG11 is expensive to "experiment" with though !

Multi-mode fiber will reach that far, but the switching might be expensive.

stardust3

Dec 13, 2017

If the wifi has good throughput a network connected Joey would work.

pattykay

Dec 13, 2017

stardust3 said:
If the wifi has good throughput a network connected Joey would work.

Good point.
littlecloud319, are you already using their wifi to connect your Hopper to the internet?

littlecloud319 said:
In my case I'm using their internet with an outdoor long range WiFi antenna with their permission. So we are actually using the same public ip address. The only reason I don't have my own DSL is because we don't have a phone line and never have. It would cost too much to have one put in.

littlecloud319

Dec 13, 2017

crodrules said:
Good point.
littlecloud319, are you already using their wifi to connect your Hopper to the internet?

Yes. Different router with different set of local IP addresses though. Probably wouldn't see each other.

sam_gordon

Dec 13, 2017

Cheddar_Head said:
Multi-mode fiber will reach that far, but the switching might be expensive.

You don't need multi-mode and it depends on what you term as "expensive"...

ChadT41

Dec 13, 2017

brejust said:
hmm they have offers where you can get the cinemax hbo deal combined for 10 dollars a month for 6 months, or you can get hbo by itself for 10 dollars a month.

i have the showtime for 5 dollars 6 month
dish movie pack 5 dollars for 6 months
the encore pack 3 dollars for 6 months
and then the other heartland pack 3 dollars for 6 months.
.................
welcome price going up by 3 dollars is reasonable.
they have other good deals.
................
i like some channels in these packs. and i have been watching some basic local channels. i catch like a movie every now and again. but for a deal like this watching and switching between some of these channels are good.
i looked at service electric cable vision and there 19.99 package is just locals. so dish welcome pack is way better.

i pay for fast internet 74.95 though, so i can stream really quick.
..................
cant lose with dish at all.
........................................
would never of found about these half off deals if i didnt come to this forum.
and dish is offering some good deals via dish site via offers.
;0)

Pass some of those savings here. Become a pub member. If I wasn't paying for a wedding, I would have renewed already.

Cheddar_Head

Dec 14, 2017

sam_gordon said:
You don't need multi-mode and it depends on what you term as "expensive"...

If we are talking fiber multi-mode is cheaper than single mode, both for the fiber and the optics.

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teachtom

43 minutes ago · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Problem when I switch from Bonus View channels back to regular Dish channels

Hello everyone, new guy here. I'm trying to solve problem I'm having with Dish bonus view channels. When I'm watching the bonus view channels then I switch back to regular dish channels, after few minutes the screen flips to black and after 30 seconds flips back to regular channels and continues to flip back and forth until I turn off TV. After I wait 30 minutes and turn back on , I can use regular channels again. So, its after I switch from bonus view channels to regular dish channels the problem starts. Been trying to fix this for a month, but no luck
Here what I've done.
i contacted Dish support and they sent me a new Joey3, but no help. Switched to a different HDMI input on TV, no help. Used different HDMI cable , no help. Used different electrical wall plug, no help.
Finally got a Dish tech to check it. He ran all systems check and was OK. Finally he brought in a small TV and plugged in the HDMI out from the Joey to the small TV. He could not get the problem to occur on his small TV, so the new Joey was working OK. So, then the problem must be myTV. He made some phone calls and came back with the answer that there must be a problem with the analog to digital switch in my TV. Has anyone ever heard of a problem like this, or is it time to be looking for a new TV? My tv LG OLED65C8PUA. TV has been trouble free til now. Thanks

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dfergie

Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU!

Last reply 54 minutes ago · posted in What's Cooking?

What's For Lunch?

We have a Breakfast and Dinner thread so...

Continuing from the Breakfast thread, found Cornbread mix so ...
Yellow Cornbread Mix
2 Hatch Green Chiles -diced
1 Egg
2/3 cup of milk
add to greased pan
Bake for 400f 20-25 minutes(From instructions)
now to put together and try... this to go with pinto beans...

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TRG

Monday at 3:34 PM

Pork shoulder, refried beans, cheddar and chopped green chile burrito with a pint of pale ale.

Its nice being able to have a pint with lunch during the week or whenever. I've been enjoying the retired life.

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dfergie

Monday at 4:27 PM

TRG said:
Pork shoulder, refried beans, cheddar and chopped green chile burrito with a pint of pale ale.

Its nice being able to have a pint with lunch during the week or whenever. I've been enjoying the retired life.

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Congrats! I love retirement, no wake ups, no e-mails...
Leftovers for lunch, bacon wrapped salmon fillet from Saturday and a KFC thigh from Friday, Tea.

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TRG

Monday at 4:50 PM

dfergie said:
Congrats! I love retirement, no wake ups, no e-mails...
Leftovers for lunch, bacon wrapped salmon fillet from Saturday and a KFC thigh from Friday, Tea.

I've been retired since October. It was very strange at first. But I'm loving it now.

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Yesterday at 4:11 PM

Creamy flat chicken enchiladas with green chile, beans and rice.

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N5XZS

Last reply Today at 2:08 PM · posted in Over the Air Television By RabbitEars.Info

New low power station with CP has been granted. "Albuquerque "

New low power station has been granted by the FCC and the new call leter is K33OB-D on RF ch. 33.

Will run at 15 KW ERP, this one runs from the Westside same location as KWPL-LD a HC2 owned station.

It's going to be aimed at eastern part of Albuquerque, so it's tightly focused beam pattern.

This new station is owned by Digital Network and what kind of programmings is unkown at this time.

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N5XZS

Yesterday at 4:51 PM

Yeah, there are some diginets like Heartland, Retro, The Family Channel diginetworks that we already have here in this market and we don't need duplicates, but bring the new diginets on like the Rev'n, Karate Acton movies, different kind of music videos on the new station. :hatsoff2

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comfortably_numb

Yesterday at 4:54 PM

N5XZS said:
Yeah, there are some diginets like Heartland, Retro, The Family Channel diginetworks that we already have here in this market and we don't need duplicates, but bring the new diginets like Revn, Karate Acton movies, different kind of music videos on the new station.

I watch MovieSphere Gold channel a lot. Many recent movies on that digitnet

N5XZS

Yesterday at 4:59 PM

Yes that's a good channel MovieSphere, only thing is the missing CC on it.

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comfortably_numb

Today at 1:35 AM

According to the FCC listing, the tower is near I-40 and Juan Tabo:

FCCInfo Results

FCC Info is a Radio and Television Station Search Engine provided by Cavell, Mertz & Associates, Inc.

www.fccinfo.com

primestar31

Today at 2:08 PM

comfortably_numb said:
According to the FCC listing, the tower is near I-40 and Juan Tabo:

FCCInfo Results

FCC Info is a Radio and Television Station Search Engine provided by Cavell, Mertz & Associates, Inc.

www.fccinfo.com

Many of these in my DMA are on cell towers, so don't always reach very far because the towers aren't very high.

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zippyfrog

Pub Member / Supporter Lifetime Supporter

Last reply Today at 1:28 PM · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Price Increase on Owned Equipment?

Did anyone have a price increase today on their equipment? I own my VIP211k's, and they have been $5.00. My bill that I received last week shows the "add-ons" as being $5.00. However, I just logged into my Dish account, and my "add-ons" are now $10.00. Did the additional receivers go up by $5.00 recently?

As I mentioned, my last bill shows $5.00 and under the notes, nothing is mentioned about a price increase.

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zippyfrog

Today at 11:29 AM

However, when I make a change (tried to add the Columbian pack for $2 so I could generate my bill) and there is a new line - it says "Access for TV" - whereas previously that line item was not there. I hope they aren't charging $5.00 for the initial TV now...

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telstar_1

Today at 11:45 AM

Apparently it's not an "owned receiver" fee but rather an extension fee that's applied to 2nd and subsequent viewing. Maybe that played into their decision to force a box at every TV- garnering those fees

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zippyfrog

Today at 12:34 PM

telstar_1 said:
Apparently it's not an "owned receiver" fee but rather an extension fee that's applied to 2nd and subsequent viewing. Maybe that played into their decision to force a box at every TV- garnering those fees

Possibly. In theory, $9 of the base pack has a rental fee built in. But now is this $5 a chance to get a little more? I don't know for sure. According to chat, it is a glitch and will be resolved in a timely manner, but we shall see. Part of my thinks there is a going to be a new charge, whether it is now or this fall. Here in Illinois, the law requires we are given 30 days notice of any fee changes, but I have not been given anything.

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MikeD-C05

Today at 1:11 PM

These fees are why streaming has caught on so well across the country and DISH is losing subs each quarter. Soon won't be enough subs to be profitable.

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telstar_1

Today at 1:28 PM

Does cable charge box rent?

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Bruce

Supporting Founder Lifetime Supporter

Last reply Today at 1:16 PM · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Dish Satellite now under 5 Million subscribers/Sling under 2 Million.

With the 1st Quarter Report just released, Dish lost another 180,000, now at 4.84 Million.

Sling now at 1.79 million subscribers, down approximately 190,000.

For comparison, YouTube TV now has about double the subscribers of Dish and Sling combined.

DISH & Sling TV Lost Over 366,000 TV Subscribers In Just 3 Months | Cord Cutters News

EchoStar Corporation, the owner of the DISH Network satellite television service and the Sling TV streaming platform, continued to experience steep declines in its pay-television customer base during the first three months of 2026. The company reported a net loss of approximately 366,000 pay-TV...

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fmj77

May 11, 2026

I'm surprised Dish still has that many subscribers. I don't know a single person in my area that is still with them after getting either Starlink or fiber at their home. They all cancelled Dish and went with streaming. I used to get offers pretty regularly in the mail to come back to Dish, but no more. Haven't seen one in a couple of years now.

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Bruce

May 11, 2026

fmj77 said:
I'm surprised Dish still has that many subscribers. I don't know a single person in my area that is still with them after getting either Starlink or fiber at their home. They all cancelled Dish and went with streaming. I used to get offers pretty regularly in the mail to come back to Dish, but no more. Haven't seen one in a couple of years now.

Only about 3.6% of Households in the United States, still have Dish Network.

For comparison, YouTube TV has about 10%.

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Yespage

May 18, 2026

$25 a month for 1 gig, for two years with Spectrum. I'd be darned that their router was MUCH better than AT&T's. I didn't realize that what I thought was something else was the bloody router. Those buffering issues stopped when I swapped... after AT&T refused to lower my bill, after 25 years of high speed internet service. They wanted $80 or so a month for 1 gig, with no drop to a lower speed.

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telstar_1

Jun 2, 2026

I despise that most of all. I'm going to talk to a remote?

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tsunami2311

Friday at 11:03 PM

Yespage said:
$25 a month for 1 gig, for two years with Spectrum. I'd be darned that their router was MUCH better than AT&T's. I didn't realize that what I thought was something else was the bloody router. Those buffering issues stopped when I swapped... after AT&T refused to lower my bill, after 25 years of high speed internet service. They wanted $80 or so a month for 1 gig, with no drop to a lower speed.

1gbit up and down here from att start out great was suppose to be $60 for life of service, with years time it went back up to $80 I complained about they gave us $49 for year which about to end, I Wonder what prices will be when it "up" I in no way like ATT fiber service there DNS that are hardcode and unchange able in the router are some WORSE DNS I ever used. you know how much of pain it is to change DNS setting on EVERY single wireless device...

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mwdxer1

Saturday at 3:08 AM

Bruce said:
Only about 3.6% of Households in the United States, still have Dish Network.

For comparison, YouTube TV has about 10%.

I dropped Dish a couple years back after having them for 25 years. The pricing got higher and after we got high speed internet, I watched it less and less. It got to the point all I watched was TCM for classic movies. Many of them are on You Tube now and a Premium subscription is $14 a month. A far cry of the $100 a month was paying with AT180, Supers, and locals. I get locals OTA anyway. I took down the dish several months ago and tossed it. I owned all my my equipment, so nothing to return. Do I miss a traditional cable type service? No way. If I want one I have all of the free live streaming with Roku, the Fire Stick, as well as Google TV. Right now as I type this, I am watching episodes of "The Midnight Special" from 1976 on You Tube, ad free. Dish was fine for many years. I do not regret buying the equipment and installing it myself (No installers in 1999). I enjoyed Dish for many years. My thoughts, Dish & Direct will be forced to merge in time, or they both will be gone. Even cable companies are getting out of TV. Some are only selling the internet and phone packages.

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tanman

Sunday at 12:01 PM

telstar_1 said:
I despise that most of all. I'm going to talk to a remote?

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nelson61

Monday at 8:20 PM

A lot of it flows back to the 4 big networks.
Cable and satellite are their money tree.

But, in reality, each market need 1 or perhaps 2 news feeds - not 4 or more

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MikeD-C05

Today at 1:16 PM

nelson61 said:
A lot of it flows back to the 4 big networks.
Cable and satellite are their money tree.

But, in reality, each market need 1 or perhaps 2 news feeds - not 4 or more

In my area we get 2 news feeds spread over 4 local stations.
ABC/NBC (TEGNA)
Same news cast simulcast over both channels.

CBS/Fox (Sinclair)
Same news casters at 5pm, 6pm, 10pm.
Fox shows an hour at 9pm but same news casters.

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