Interesting... I thought it still cost something even with DHPP... still got another free month or so, I'll see if I can get any improvement from a repeak
The Limitations Of Satellite Rears Its Ugly Head
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Interesting... I thought it still cost something even with DHPP... still got another free month or so, I'll see if I can get any improvement from a repeak
Not true and not what Dish technical support will tell you or what most Dish installers will tell you. Out west, 110 and 119 can be easily brought in above 50, but even the new 129 won't get out of the 40s without messing up 110 or 119.
Dish support says 15 is enough to lock a signal (BTW the 125 point scale on the signal meter was for the Dish 500 and doesn't apply to the 1000.2) and 20 should prevent loss of signal for minor interference. Personal experience with the old 129 was that under 25 encountered transient signal breakup and was very subject to rain fade in mild rain. Once you hit 30, you should be okay for all but the big storms.
I also live in the Atlanta area and rarely have problems with rain fade - but we lost reception for about 45 minutes Sunday night when we had a cloudburst.
I love the Redzone and it was a great addition.
Uverse has a very good HD lineup, but the 2 HD stream limitation is a big one for me. We have 3 HD TV's and quite often will be using 4 HD streams - watching 3 different programs and recording another.
For now, I will stick with Dish. I like the 622 and 722 interfaces much better than those of the DTV receivers that 2 of my sons have.
I love the Redzone and it was a great addition.
Uverse has a very good HD lineup, but the 2 HD stream limitation is a big one for me. We have 3 HD TV's and quite often will be using 4 HD streams - watching 3 different programs and recording another.
For now, I will stick with Dish. I like the 622 and 722 interfaces much better than those of the DTV receivers that 2 of my sons have.
My Charter cable would always go out, or have severely degraded PQ whenever it was even a modest rain or higher than usual winds. Dish is fine in all but the most severe rainstorms. And, no one rainstorm has ever prevented all signals. My LIL spot beam transponders are very hot and even an a downpour still keep on showing.
Either your rainstorms were really bad or you need your Dish peaked properly. Even a slight mal-adjustment can make a BIG difference in weather.
Yes, I've heard. Now you know what it is like living in Los Angeles, the disaster capital of the world, except that in all the death and evacs and mudslides and earthquakes and fires, never-ending water main breaks of late (100 year old mains) and snow storms, and riots, the place just keep moving along like any other day. Incredible!
We got all of that here too. Even the fires and there have been some very minor earthquakes. They had a 100 year old water line under the field at Georgia Tech and in the spring, from the rains and increase in pressure, the field would rise over it. Nearby about 10 years ago, there was a cave in and a woman was swept away in that section of pipe. Fires were down south but we got the horrible smoke. School is finally opening tomorrow. 1 thing we get in GA that you don't in LA...tornadoes.
