Got email asking to confirm need for Distant Network Services (DNS)

[bobinraymoremo]

Hopefully this is just catching up on paperwork.

 

[Claude Greiner]

Did you recently submit anything ?

 

[bobinraymoremo]

Did you recently submit anything ?

No, completely out of the blue

 

[Claude Greiner]

I bet it was an error

 

[bobinraymoremo]

I bet it was an error

After posting here I checked other forums and this is happening

 

[raoul5788]

Sounds like they are tightening up the requirements for DNS service.

 

[slice1900]

Congress is debating the law which allows Directv to keep grandfathering DNS to people who have it, and offering it to people in the 12 markets where they don't offer locals, and there has been some discussion that they may require Directv to cover ALL markets or lose their right to offer DNS.

Directv is probably wanting to collect information on how many people actually NEED DNS so they will know how much they will be affected the law changes and they are forced to either spend millions to cover those 12 markets (if that is possible at all) versus how many customers may leave if they were no longer allows to offer DNS.

 

[cpalmer2k]

Is there an e-mail address or any contact information attached to that request? I have DNS but haven't gotten an e-mail. I don't want to call and open a can of worms, but I don't want them to have "missed" me and end up getting my DNS turned off either.

 

[slice1900]

Is there an e-mail address or any contact information attached to that request? I have DNS but haven't gotten an e-mail. I don't want to call and open a can of worms, but I don't want them to have "missed" me and end up getting my DNS turned off either.

They probably only surveyed a sample of DNS customers, or only those in certain categories. If they didn't ask you, there's no point in responding.

 

[dishrich]

Maybe it has something to do with this:
https://www.multichannel.com/news/dish-directv-provide-hill-partial-answers-on-stelar

 

[TheTechGuru]

Don't they offer the NY/LA locals to RV's too?