your zip (I used the high school) gets KC locals
The only counties that get St Joe are Andrew, Buchanan and De Kalb
The only counties that get St Joe are Andrew, Buchanan and De Kalb
DISH Network June 3rd FAQ's
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I am confused:
1. Here is my Basic Programming:
America's Everything Pak w/ Locals $99.99
Premiums Channels:
A La Carte and Add-ons:
New England Sports Net $0.00
CSN New England $0.00
Service Plan (15/0) $6.00
SportsNet New York $0.00
HD & Platinum $10.00
What am I to do this month or next month for the free HD for life?
2. Considering we are all getting locked in for 2 years and HD for life, does this mean that if we do not commit then we can soon see HD channels uploaded that will not be available to us ? Hopefully this is not the case, but I appreciate opinions/ideas about my concern.
1. Here is my Basic Programming:
America's Everything Pak w/ Locals $99.99
Premiums Channels:
A La Carte and Add-ons:
New England Sports Net $0.00
CSN New England $0.00
Service Plan (15/0) $6.00
SportsNet New York $0.00
HD & Platinum $10.00
What am I to do this month or next month for the free HD for life?
2. Considering we are all getting locked in for 2 years and HD for life, does this mean that if we do not commit then we can soon see HD channels uploaded that will not be available to us ? Hopefully this is not the case, but I appreciate opinions/ideas about my concern.
This is halarious. E* has been talking about this, June 3rd finally came. I think E* should be renamed "Cant get right"
Scott's solution is wait for the next bill
I find the "HD for life" is simply built for advertisment for new customers....when again E* is screwing over there existing customers.
I do not think it is going to happen. Telling my parents they can pay $99 to get something for "free"
or sign yet another 2 year committment.
Im sure in 6 months, E* will add a few more HD channels, and say. I am sorry these are not available to those on "HD free" but we will add them for $10 a month, and a two year commitment.
Scott's solution is wait for the next bill
I find the "HD for life" is simply built for advertisment for new customers....when again E* is screwing over there existing customers.
I do not think it is going to happen. Telling my parents they can pay $99 to get something for "free"
or sign yet another 2 year committment.
Im sure in 6 months, E* will add a few more HD channels, and say. I am sorry these are not available to those on "HD free" but we will add them for $10 a month, and a two year commitment.
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Ok, I'm automatically enrolled right now cause of the "HD & Platinum" for $10 and I wont drop Platinum till next month. I currently have LatinoMax with HD. However, if I downgrade to something that doesn't have an HD add-on like DishMexico, which would have Univision HD, Telefutura HD, and Galavision HD, will I be able to enroll some other time without the commitment or fee?
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im one of the lucky ones then, and will save $10 with no commitment when i cancel my useless platimum add-on. i've been on paperless and auto for years and have hd+plat for $10.
yeah for me!
yeah for me!
1. If you have HD & Platinum, I would not do anything at this point. At least that is what I have decided to do. I agree that it is confusing, and I think it is mainly due to the account page. From what I read here in other threads from Dish paperwork, it appears that if you have HD & Platinum that you will be grandfathered in to HD for Life without having to do anything. If I am wrong, please someone correct me to let us know.
I have HD + Platinum for $10 per month therefore automatically qualifying for HD Free For Life. If I drop Platinum does that mean the $10 fee goes away without having to have a 24 month commitment, paperless billing or $99 fee?
Like Scott has said (repeatedly), need to wait a billing cycle, I'll probably wait two.
Dish just doesn't have its act together, my account page has various billing options disabled now. They're probably releasing and updating their billing systems to accommodate all the various use cases for customer programming
I doubt that the customer contact team at Dish is even close to a semblance of a clue relating to what HD offering combination is legit at this point
Dish just doesn't have its act together, my account page has various billing options disabled now. They're probably releasing and updating their billing systems to accommodate all the various use cases for customer programming
I doubt that the customer contact team at Dish is even close to a semblance of a clue relating to what HD offering combination is legit at this point
No it does not make it pointless. They can now use this "BS" as a new "Free HD" commercial
Thanks for the heads up! It is now on mine as well! Thanks SatelliteGuys for being right once again ahead of time!
I suppose that I will have to edit my sig with the HD & Platinum part!
One question needs to be asked, What about those who are bundled with the phone company?? Are we eligible??
As always I'm confused with these changes Dish is putting out. I have HD Absolute so I'm not touching anything with my account. Glad I'm out of contract now so I have options if they ever decide to pull HD Absolute. But anyways....
I have a buddy that ordered Dish a few months ago for just SD channels. They set him up on WA with VIP equipment and a Dish1000. So he's ready to go, he gets the HD locals, and free previews in HD. I've been telling him to get the HD addon for quite a while now. Now that this change has occurred can he basically re-up his contract, go to auto-pay and pay $100 up front and get HD for life? This won't get him the platinum channels right? He'd have to pay the $100 up front and the $10 for platinum a month? What if he doesn't want to pay $100 up front will it still cost him $10 for HD and he won't get platinum either? If so, I guess it seems he missed the boat as I thought before you could pay $10 and get HD addon and platinum. But of course I could be wrong as I've stopped trying to keep up with Dish's billing plans.
I have a buddy that ordered Dish a few months ago for just SD channels. They set him up on WA with VIP equipment and a Dish1000. So he's ready to go, he gets the HD locals, and free previews in HD. I've been telling him to get the HD addon for quite a while now. Now that this change has occurred can he basically re-up his contract, go to auto-pay and pay $100 up front and get HD for life? This won't get him the platinum channels right? He'd have to pay the $100 up front and the $10 for platinum a month? What if he doesn't want to pay $100 up front will it still cost him $10 for HD and he won't get platinum either? If so, I guess it seems he missed the boat as I thought before you could pay $10 and get HD addon and platinum. But of course I could be wrong as I've stopped trying to keep up with Dish's billing plans.
I'm not sure exactly but from remembering the channels he does and doesn't have it is the AT120 package. He does have a few Spanish channels for his wife too. I'm guessing that is an addon? None of his other channels show in HD, like Fox news, Discovery, etc..all SD except for the locals and free preview ones that rotate in and out.
Think of Platinum as just another movie channel add-on, like HBO or Showtime. Like these other add-on packages, there is a separate fee for it.
There is no connection (now) between HD and Platinum - other than the Platinum channels are all HD. There are no SD versions of these channels, though an HD capable receiver can convert them to SD if you don't have an HD display.
