Dish's New Nationwide Broadband

[Scherrman]

Read an article this morning from Twice magazine about Dish's new Broadband internet package deal. Here is the link, http://www.twice.com/articletype/news/dish-debut-nationwide-broadband-service/103172

Dish is also having a retailer chat this morning going over this. Hopefully they will have more details on pricing and such.

 

[Mfinchv1]

Is this the olie sat they launched last november???

 

[Scherrman]

I'n not real sure yet. I should know a lot more when I watch the retailer chat.

 

[syphix]

The speeds will be fast enough to provide the following services: access to social media, streaming music and video, shopping online and placing VoIP calls.

Ha. The SPEED with be there, but not the latency. Not via satellite.

 

[the mack]

they were advertizing this big time on the radio in the Detroit metro area....

 

[MikeD-C05]

IF it is satellite delivered broadband, you can bet it will be costly and with bandwith caps.

 

[mdram]

i see it being cheap, maybe 19.99 a month
then $5 per gb fee

 

[Scherrman]

I was busy for a bit there but I'm watching the recording of the chat now.

 

[Scherrman]

On Oct. 1st Dish is launching their new service called dishNET. It's nationwide.
Download/Upload Speed Data Cap Regular Price Bundle Discount Equipment Fee Bundled Activation Fee
5 Mbps/1 Mbps 10GB (5GB+5GB) $49.95/mo. -$10/mo. $10/mo. $0
10 Mbps/1 Mbps 20GB (10GB+10GB) $59.99/mo. -$10/mo. $10/mo. $0
10 Mbps/1 Mbps 30GB (15GB+15GB) $79.99/mo. -$10/mo. $10/mo. $0


Sorry if it doesn't show up right.

 

[Scherrman]

It looks like this will be replacing their current Broadband plans.

 

[syphix]

If latency wasn't such an issue, this might have been a contender for my ISP. Unfortunately, it is: remote desktop'ing would work on satellite internet.

So, I continue to pay $57/mo for 2.5 Mbps internet. Ugh.

 

[Scherrman]

They are saying it is getting to the point where it is no longer a rural area product. It is suppose to work with voip also.

 

[Scherrman]

Basically the service is both HughesNet and Excede. The two will be branded together as DishNet. Basically the retailer puts in what ever is the best choice for your area and the prices and packages are the same.

 

[empiretc]

They are saying it is getting to the point where it is no longer a rural area product. It is suppose to work with voip also.

That is hard to believe considering those data caps.

 

[Scherrman]

I'm not an expert on internet and data caps so I have no idea. Just relaying the information.

 

[Neutron]

I thought DISH was partnering up with Excede?

My wife's grandparents have HughesNet and they HATE it! It is so slow throughout the day. They are looking at Excede in November once their contract with HughesNet runs out.

I thought there was a bundle DISH deal with Excede? Is this replacing it?

 

[Scherrman]

Dish does both Excede and HughesNet. They cover different spotbeams and have different speeds for certain areas.

 

[Scherrman]

Since I am getting this info from the retailer chat I thought I'd add some other news from it. HBO is increasing $2 from $16 to $18 a month. This is just for the HBO package, if you have it packaged with other premiums your price remains the same.

 

[btyko]

Did the retailer chat mention anything about OTA on the Hopper?

 

[Neutron]

Yep. DISH has just 2 more days in order to have the OTA adapter released this summer.