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hublar

Last reply Nov 28, 2006 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Can't get locals for Dothan, AL

I saw that Dothan, AL now has locals available, so I called up Customer Service to order it. After 30 minutes of being on hold I'm told that they have a known technical problem and that their IT department is working on it, and that I should get my locals in a week. Anyone ever hear of anything like this before? BTW my equipment is Dish 1000, DP44SW, DVR 622, VIP211, and a 311.

One other small gripe I have is that Dothan has no NBC station in our area, you can get NBC on cable from both Panama City, FL and Montgomery, AL. In the list of locals for Dothan they didn't include either of these stations even though they are both uplinked to dish. Now here is the kicker Panama City gets its CBS from Dothan and guess what our Dothan station is mirrored for PC so they get all of their networks.

First Time Poster long time reading this board.

Ya'll have a good one!

Hub

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TNGTony

Nov 24, 2006

hublar said:
I saw that Dothan, AL now has locals available, so I called up Customer Service to order it. After 30 minutes of being on hold I'm told that they have a known technical problem and that their IT department is working on it, and that I should get my locals in a week. Anyone ever hear of anything like this before?

Yes. When the Dish Latino Bonus Pack came out I had a similar issue. Essentially it is a coding issue they had to work on. It took them a little over a week to get it figured out.

One other small gripe I have is that Dothan has no NBC station in our area, you can get NBC...snip

Cable and satellite work under different rules. It's just the way it is. There are numerous threads with the same gripe and the answer is always the same.

If it makes you feel any better, the injunction leveled on Dish about the distant network channels will affect Panama City as well. They will lose the Dothan CBS by December 1.

First Time Poster long time reading this board.

What took you so long?!!

Welcome!

See ya
Tony

hublar

Nov 27, 2006

Locals are working for Dothan

Just got locals today.

Ya'll have a good one!

Hub

SHANEMANUT

Nov 27, 2006

NBC for Dothan

Hey, Just wanted to post to see if there is some way of getting NBC for this market? The Montgomery NBC reaches and advertises itself as covering this entire market. The Panama City NBC reaches most of the counties in this market and advertises itself as covering the southern counties, I believe. So, my question is can the customers request coverage from one of these affiliates? Would significantly viewed apply in this case? I have called two of the local dealers of Dish about this and I do not get the impression that anyone knows exactly what will happen here. One dealer stated that they where told a decision was being made as to which NBC would cover the area, either Panama City or Montgomery. The other dealer "hoped" that a coverage decision would be made like in Panama City, where the Dothan CBS is carried in that market. The difference is the CBS states that they are Dothan-Panama City...and their tower is closer to Panama City, so they should be on there.
I had the same problems getting these turned on by Dish Network when I called Thursday, but was able to get them turned on Friday night. When I signed up the rep. sent a waiver request to the NY NBC (that was what she said could be done to get NBC..the only option she gave me), but from everything I have read, that will not be approved or do me any good as of Dec. 1. This is ridiculous, I was told 2 months ago that these locals would be on and now that they finally are, they do not even include all of the channels and no one seems to be able to tell me how I go about getting someone to do something about it. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

TNGTony

Nov 28, 2006

Please read the thread about the distant network cut-off coming December 1. No matter what you do with the stations, waivers, or anything else at this point will stop this now.

All we can do is complain LOUDLY at our congress-critters to change the law to allow Dish to carry significantly viewed channels.

See ya
Tony

ewindowman

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Last reply 10 minutes ago · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Dish Bankruptcy - Business as Usual

Looks like dish is Bankrupt. Filling tomorrow Tuesday June 30th

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slow_poke_pete

Yesterday at 6:38 PM

https://www.phonearena.com/news/att-reshoring-customer-care_id184650

Meanwhile att is getting rid of overseas call centers

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comfortably_numb

Yesterday at 6:52 PM

slow_poke_pete said:
https://www.phonearena.com/news/att-reshoring-customer-care_id184650

Meanwhile att is getting rid of overseas call centers

Too bad their service is expensive and their coverage sucks compared to the other two of the Big 3

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Juan

Yesterday at 9:50 PM

comfortably_numb said:
Too bad their service is expensive and their coverage sucks compared to the other two of the Big 3

Was that a back door compliment for Verizon?

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comfortably_numb

Today at 9:27 AM

Juan said:
Was that a back door compliment for Verizon?

And TMO. If anybody's lagging behind the most, it's ATT.

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ERSanders

53 minutes ago

The short term financial thinking by MBAs is what killed Xerox. Ask me how I know!

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navychop

36 minutes ago

So you have a MBA?
:devilish

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Juan

11 minutes ago

ERSanders said:
The short term financial thinking by MBAs is what killed Xerox. Ask me how I know!

I thought it was when Bill Gates stole DOS

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dishdude

10 minutes ago

Juan said:
I thought it was when Bill Gates stole DOS

And Steve Jobs stole the mouse and GUI

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juventusbrown

Last reply 12 minutes ago · posted in C-BAND Satellite Discussion

40w transponder

Hi guys, is anyone getting any quality on transponder 4135 L 30000 I'm not getting any quality few weeks now.

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Satfaca

12 minutes ago

No problem here (in central Europe) with a 10-footer. Do note that 9.4 dB required for the lock.
The mod is DVB-S2 8PSK with FEC 5/6.

Scott Greczkowski

Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU! Cutting Edge

Last reply 48 minutes ago · posted in The Chit Chat Club

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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Come A Little Bit Closer - Jay and the Americans

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dfergie

Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU!

Last reply Today at 10:44 AM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

Gas Price Info With National Gas Temperature Map

Stumbled across this ... http://www.gaspricewatch.com/USGas_ZipSearch.asp
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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Bobby

Yesterday at 11:04 AM

Regular$5.299
Premium$5.859
Diesel$7.599
at Costco, Rohnert Park.

harshness

Yesterday at 4:41 PM

Finally! Some big movement in California diesel pricing (and no, there is no such beastie as a diesel "winter formula").

Crude (combined pricing) is around $90/barrel now, so prices should have, at least, fallen in step with the crude futures.

dishstaller

Today at 8:19 AM

harshness said:
Finally! Some big movement in California diesel pricing (and no, there is no such beastie as a diesel "winter formula").

Just curious here.....then why is diesel so much higher out there than it is elsewhere. Bobby just posted $7.59/gal, locally it is $5.59.....that's two bucks difference. :eeek

harshness

Today at 10:25 AM

dishstaller said:
Just curious here.....then why is diesel so much higher out there than it is elsewhere.

California has a ~93¢ per gallon consumer tax rate on automotive diesel, along with significantly higher refinement standards.

The fact that consumers can only buy some new full-sized truck models and a couple of vans with diesel power makes the fuel an odd duck in refinery priorities.

osu1991

Today at 10:44 AM

$3.50-$3.52 around Tulsa and $3.45 in OKC

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ts27330

Today at 9:47 AM · posted in Cable Television and Fiber Providers

Charter/Spectrum tv app works with more brands

The Charter/Spectrum tv app has been updated to make it downloaded with more tv brands. I recently added it to my LG Oled tv.

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Bobby

Supporting Founder Lifetime Supporter

Last reply Today at 9:27 AM · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

4K Events Discussion Thread

This thread is a place to discuss the 4K events that appear on channel 540. We are getting, at this point, one college football game a week. Let's hope there is more coming.

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long_time_Dish

Oct 23, 2026

No NASCAR in 4K on Sunday? Bummer...

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Jim5506

Oct 24, 2026

long_time_Dish said:
No NASCAR in 4K on Sunday? Bummer...

It's on Prime.

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long_time_Dish

Oct 24, 2026

Jim5506 said:
It's on Prime.

Ah, ok, thanks!

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Oct 24, 2026

The World Series Game 1 quality was excellent, the Dolby Surround put us in the seats. Thanks, Dish!

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sasmith

Yesterday at 9:22 PM

Not seeing many 4k games on the 148 channels lately?

Also I do not see the 4KFox channel on 148-01; I also do not subscribed to our Local Houston channels.

Maybe I need to subscribe to locals or add the National Action Pack? Not sure the extra cost is worth it??

thx for any info or suggestions

S

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jsmit86

Today at 9:27 AM

sasmith said:
Not seeing many 4k games on the 148 channels lately?

Also I do not see the 4KFox channel on 148-01; I also do not subscribed to our Local Houston channels.

Maybe I need to subscribe to locals or add the National Action Pack? Not sure the extra cost is worth it??

thx for any info or suggestions

S

Most of the 4K action on the 148-xx channels will be on Saturday for College Football. For whatever reason, the guide does not show the games until later in the week. The Fox Big Noon game will show up, and there will usually be a couple of other games, some on Fox, and some on ESPN.

I don't know if you need to be subscribed to locals to get them.

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dishstaller

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Today at 8:50 AM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

FDA issues new warning for Ozempic - can cause eye-stroke

Now after reading this story I walked away thinking that this is being blown out of proportion because of the incredibly low numbers of those affected.....BUT....I've read posts by some of you who are taking this drug so I figured it was worth posting.