Poll, Do you have your NEW smartcards yet?

Do you have your NEW smartcards yet?

  • Yes

    Votes: 373 51.9%
  • No

    Votes: 345 48.1%

  • Total voters
    718

hallrk

SatelliteGuys Pro
Mar 28, 2006
417
15
Are all receivers supposed to get new cards? I have a 501 and 3922. I have not received any for mine.
 

jcoppola

SatelliteGuys Pro
Feb 12, 2006
233
38
Charleston, SC
Got home yesterday with the message that the smart card was expired, to install new card. I was not able to turn off the message. I have a 622 and have not recieved my new card. Called Dish CSR and he quickly got me up and running and said they will send out again? He said it will take up to 30 days to receive it.
 

Jim S.

When someone asks you if you're a god, you say yes
Lifetime Supporter
Jan 2, 2006
5,670
1,293
FN11od
Got home yesterday with the message that the smart card was expired, to install new card. I was not able to turn off the message. I have a 622 and have not recieved my new card. Called Dish CSR and he quickly got me up and running and said they will send out again? He said it will take up to 30 days to receive it.

Oh boy, sounds like CSR Roulette time again!

My dad was at a restaurant today and their TV had the expired smart card message too. He asked the owner about it and she said that she called them three days ago to ask about it and they told her it was in the mail. They didn't mention an ETA, and they didn't offer to re-authorize her receiver. Dad doesn't know anything about Dish, so he didn't tell her that she should've demanded a refund for the time she's not getting TV through Dish's own stupidity.

(Even if we assume that the card could've got lost in the mail, why don't they wait til everyone has their new cards and then turn off all the Nagra 2 authorizations at once? I don't know what's involved in supporting two encryption methods simultaneously, but I would think it would be a nuisance.)
 

vodad

SatelliteGuys Pro
Dec 14, 2005
269
0
Just checked my mail, and got mine today, I have the 622 done, but the 722 is recording Knight Rider, so have to wait.
 

uhf

SatelliteGuys Family
Sep 28, 2006
59
0
Iowa
I have 1 new card, 3 old ones. The 722 I got a month ago has the purple card, my older 622 and my 508's have not been sent new cards yet.
 

allargon

SatelliteGuys Pro
Aug 2, 2007
1,642
26
Austin, TX
If they follow the same procedure with the smart cards that they do with software upgrades it will be another two months before I receive my new smart cards.
 

HDRoberts

SatelliteGuys Pro
May 13, 2008
4,795
31
Cleveland, OH
Has anybody with AT&T/Dish received the smart cards?

I haven't.

I am trying to unbundle so I can cancel my phone, but the process is taking forever. I suspect AT&T is dragging their feet as they know their phone service to my house is toast when Dish is off.

May parents, who bundle with Windstream, have no card, either.
 

RandallA

Supporting Founder
Supporting Founder
Dec 13, 2004
10,556
68
San Francisco Bay Area
I haven't.

I am trying to unbundle so I can cancel my phone, but the process is taking forever. I suspect AT&T is dragging their feet as they know their phone service to my house is toast when Dish is off.

May parents, who bundle with Windstream, have no card, either.

We'll be the last ones. Specially since AT&T dropped Dish, Dish will punish us. :)
 

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