5 dollar phone line charge

[Agonizing Fury]

It is a charge for not having a phone connected to your dual tuner receiver. So that makes it a PHone line charge in my books. I don't see how anyone can charge for a second tuner. DIRECTV doesn't do it, neither does cable. It might be what DISH wants to politically call it but it is bull sh*t . You don't connect your phone line to your dual tuner and you get a $5.00 phone charge. It is also to prevent those who like to stack their account: share them with others for a fee. So why not call it the Stacking prevention fee? That makes as much sense as what DISH is calling it.

Maybe because neither DirecTV or Cable have a dual tuner box that can run two TVs so you end up paying the $5.00 charge whether it's plugged into a phone line or not (DirecTV 4 room = $15.00, Cable Company= Varies, Dish Network 4 Room $5.00 unless you want all single tuners, or don't have a phone line connected) Why does everyone see this as a bad thing??

 

[MikeD-C05]

Calm down, we all know what you're saying. Breathe.

Okay , I know, I just HATE nonsensical JUST BECAUSE WE CAN FEES. It's fees like these that started DISH down the road where they are at now. Losing subs and struggling to add new ones.

 

[Tampa8]

Since you would need mpeg4 receivers to use the EA dish, the second tuner charge can be waived by hooking these receivers up via a dsl connection as well. Non-mpeg4 receivers cannot use this connection. Dish will not waive the charge if you don't have a landline.

Not true, 508 is plugged into my ATT DSL, with the filter on it, through my wireless phone system. (into the base)

 

[KAB]

Not true, 508 is plugged into my ATT DSL, with the filter on it, through my wireless phone system. (into the base)

Nothing untrue! Read garys post more carefully.