Satelite TV Problem Solved

[RandyT]

I have had Dish Network for around 25 years. I have went through all the battles with them as a lot of you guys have with constant price increases. You know the drill, they increase the price and you call and maybe get a slight break for a few months while they offer "great deals" to new customers. This is not just Dish Network, it is all of them but I happen to have dish.

I have finally solved my problem after all of these years. I called and terminated my service. What a liberating feeling! Oh they tried to pitch me all of these great deals when they figured out that I was serious. I kept on and on turning them down. I also told them that it seemed that the longer we had their service, the worse they punished us for it. I heard crickets for several seconds after that one.

Fortunately my internet is good enough to stream with so I bought an Amazon Fire Stick for $40 and subscribed to Sling. So far we are very happy. We have plenty to watch and my bill went from $125 to $40 per month. Gives me more money for important things like diesel fuel and implements. :thumbsup:

When I cancelled my service, I think it too them over an hour on the phone trying to talk me out of it. I will never sign with Dish again because of the hassle it is to cancel.

 

[6thgpSF]

Dish tried to raise my rates so I called to cancel and they lowered my bill $45.00.I have over the air antenna in my den and can get 69 FREE channels.If they try it again I'll just watch over the air on both sets...russ

 

[TractorGuy]

I kicked DTV to the curb after being a customer for 7 years. They still tried to charge me an early disconnect fee. (Long story) Good thing I paid by check. Dish would only provide service with auto deduct so I wouldn't sign up with them. Antenna, Netflix, and Hulu serves pretty good.

What does Sling have to offer?

 

[BoylermanCT]

I just dumped DirecTV after my 2 year contract was over. Was paying $29 in year one and $69 in year two. 2 days after leaving, they offered me $19 for another year. But for me it was not about $ but reliability. Everytime we had a shower or snowstorm, picture would cut out. Didn't want that hassle during the Super Bowl or Olympics!

 

[JerryK]

Ditto on the ' out in the boonies Dish Network is GREAT ' folks. Best I can get, other than SAT internet is DSL thru Frontier landlines. And I lived for many years via 56K modem with up/down speeds in the single digits... Over the air antenna signal gets me three stations on a good day, weather permitting... Any day now, the gov'ment is going to trench in my just about free fiber optic..... and then I will be in Seventh Heaven....... But until then, Dish Network is Golden......

 

[RandyT]

Ditto on the ' out in the boonies Dish Network is GREAT ' folks. Best I can get, other than SAT internet is DSL thru Frontier landlines. And I lived for many years via 56K modem with up/down speeds in the single digits... Over the air antenna signal gets me three stations on a good day, weather permitting... Any day now, the gov'ment is going to trench in my just about free fiber optic..... and then I will in Seventh Heaven....... But until then, Dish Network is Golden......

Did you know that Dish is not allowed to install their satellite internet unless Frontier cannot provide DSL service.

 

[JerryK]

Did you know that Dish is not allowed to install their satellite internet unless Frontier cannot provide DSL service.

I have Frontier telephone and DSL, never tried to get their SAT internet. After being on a modem for years, DSL is blinding fast....!!!! [ it's all perspective.. ]

 

[Redneck in training]

We are srewed. We pay 150/month for Dish TV. Have few channel free of adds. Then we pay another 150 for Hughes network SAT internet. And we still can't stream movies due to 50 GB data limit. All the other options cost about the same. The telephone company that was going to install fast internet is on verge of bankruptcy so it is not going to happen I suppose.

 

[kf4uda]

Not to mention that Icom IC7300 you have been wanting. I have one and it is great!. :thumbsup:

You got it James. The 7300 is on the want list.

 

[kf4uda]

What does Sling have to offer?

With Sling you can stream several channels of live tv and also record much like a satellite dvr.