Why is Dish Network all screwed up all of a sudden?

[trof]

They've moved some of my favorite channels to farflung frequencies.
Damn!
You get used to something being where you can find it and they change it.
Pissants.

[RebelOne]

1. Had Dish Network,

and then switched to cable. I am so happy I did.

[Initech]

3. I had Dish and switched to Direct because I got tired of their BS.

I got tired of them not carrying the local sports channels, I got tired of the blackouts, restrictions, contract bs, you name it.

[GeorgeGist]

4. Rupert loves you.

[Initech]

6. It was either that or put up with Time Warner - pick yer poison.

And before you point to phone companies trying to pose as cable TV providers - they're not much better either (FIOS, UVERSE, etc.).

[trof]

9. I think I read he no longer owns DirecTV.

No?

[trof]

5. Hurricane Ivan made me a Dish customer.

We lost cable for weeks.
I was a steady customer at Blockbuster during those weeks, because movies were all we could watch.


During Katrina a year later I never lost satellite signal.

[pokerfan]

2. Dish plays hardball

Dish/AMC fight breaks bad, channels banished to the 9,000s

[trof]

8. Thanks for the info.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

13. Dish is dropping them all together now...

...according to commercials on AMC...

[frogmarch]

7. We got sick of having to reboot

several times a day to see the channel guide or change channels, so we switched to Direct TV. We think it's lots better, and it's also cheaper.

[trof]

10. Haven't had that problem.

[frogmarch]

11. We lost the satellite signal a lot

on top of everything else, even on clear days. Now, with Direct TV, we have perfect reception even when it's overcast or pouring rain.

Every time we complained to Dish, they said we needed to buy a new this or that, so we did, but it never fixed the problem. We've had Direct TV for 6 months now and haven't had any problems at all.

[originalpckelly]

12. Yes, Direct TV is pretty awesome.

Their equipment blows away anything Comcast used to give us.

They are above the board on everything with the fees, and I'm pretty happy with them. I was worried about signal breakup, but I've had fewer problems than I did with cable, which used to break up from time to time on comcast's system. Go figure.

And the HD picture seems better, although I have SD in my bedroom. Both are good enough.

[Vincent89]

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