118.7 West dish

[TankJr]

Hello all,

Im ready to make a switch from cable but need international programming and i'm reading here that I need big head for international programming. Few questions:

1) Am i looking for Dish500+ to get 118.7? im guessing a 311 receiver should suffice?
2) If i own all the equipment is it possible to become no contract customer?

Thanks in advance!

 

[boba]

Hello all,

Im ready to make a switch from cable but need international programming and i'm reading here that I need big head for international programming. Few questions:

1) Am i looking for Dish500+ to get 118.7? im guessing a 311 receiver should suffice?
2) If i own all the equipment is it possible to become no contract customer?

Thanks in advance!

You need a dish 500+ or a 1000+ to receive international programming. A 311 would be the minimum receiver to use. If you own all your equipment and don't want any promotions you can go with no contract.

 

[Mr Tony]

1) Am i looking for Dish500+ to get 118.7?

yes

im guessing a 311 receiver should suffice?

yes

2) If i own all the equipment is it possible to become no contract customer?

correct. They set you up as a "prepaid" account. Prepaid as in you pay for a months service then get that service. SO as example if you signed Up August 1st you would pay for Aug 1 to Aug 31st. On about August 10th you'll get a bill for Sept 1-Sept 30th which will be due on August 31st.

 

[gokartergo]

But he is in New York. Wouldn't he have to have a 211. No mpeg2 for east coast???

 

[Mr Tony]

If all he wants is Internationals Western Arc is what he can use

118.7 for Int'l
119 because you have to use 119 at minimum for Int'l (no software updates or EPG on 118.7)

 

[Mr Tony]

But he is in New York

sure he does
and I live in the last house on the left

Seriously anyone who posts "New York" as their location I get leery because we can sit here and help them and they can be in Canada, Mexico, some island in the Caribbean etc. Unless they let us know where they are all we can do is speculate

But if you want just Internationals it would be dumb to use a EA & WA dish

 

[garys]

But he is in New York. Wouldn't he have to have a 211. No mpeg2 for east coast???

New York can and has used Dish 500 so 500 + is not a problem. It's 129 that causes the most problems in NY. If customer does not have HD, he is not tagged as EA only.

 

[GaryPen]

Seriously anyone who posts "New York" as their location I get leery because we can sit here and help them and they can be in Canada, Mexico, some island in the Caribbean etc. Unless they let us know where they are all we can do is speculate

That is true for anybody who posts any place as their location.