Yeah, they're hiring alot of in house techs here in the nashville area, I don't see how it could last too long, they have a very high turnover rate. It's kinda hard for someone like me to break down and aplly at the dns office. I don't know what contractors in your area get paid, but we get $80 the first room and $25 for every room after that. Most 4 room installs last about 4hrs for me, thats if everthing goes well. So, that's $155. Subtract $20-$30 for gas and materials. Now, how can that compare to $13-$16 hour at dns, that's $52-$64 for that same install. That's what keeps me where i'm at for the time being, but if things keep in the direction they're going, then I may have no choice. I do believe that as long as there's a dns office, there will be dns contractors in the area as well. I've also heard in the past day or two that att and dish is in a big contract dispute, that may be playing some kinda role in it. However, the guy that told me this is not very trustworthy on stuff like that.