New DISH charge for free HD for life

sethwell said:

It is because your service requires a special dish in Hawaii. Look in the fees section of this link.(see original post)
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Thanks. I didn't see that line before. It says - $5.00 fee for accounts receiving DISH services in Alaska & Hawaii.

It just seemed odd that I already had the 500 series dish installed and have been a DISH subscriber in Hawaii for close to 11 years (also was a subscriber in Oregon for many years). The charge did not appear on my bill until we upgraded to free HD for life.

If the charge was just for the special dish, I would think that we would have it paid off after a certain number of months. The item in the agreement indicates that it's an extra charge just to have DISH service.

I appreciate the link to the agreement because I could not find any mention of this fee anywhere on the website.

Just one note - I think DISH is the best service available to us here in Hawaii. But it's also a bit frustrating that they charge us an additional special access fee and we don't get all the HD channels that the mainland receives.

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