1 dish, 2 accounts, 2 hoppers or Hopper and single receiver

[mkemike]

Hey guys,

I'm in a condo, and due to mounting restrictions I can't put up a dish that will see southeast to the 61.5 bird where my local (and other) HD channels are. My neighbor (same building, shared attic) has an existing single receiver and a grandfathered roof mount with a southeast view. If I can talk him into it, I'd like to put a new dish on his mount and run separate boxes and accounts. After some research here and DBSTalk, I found install diagrams for both a dual-hopper installation (using a dual-node) and a dual-hopper with tailgater installation (using a dual-node and DPP44 switch). If he can't or does not want to upgrade his single receiver to a Hopper, it stands to reason that we could use a DPP33 and a single node.

So, any gotcha's I'm not seeing? Will Dish install 2 customers on a shared dish? Since it is the same building, I would assume both units would have the same grounding. Any maintenance or contract termination issues? If I were to ever drop Dish, would we have to re-install his old dish so I could send mine back, or would they let us leave it in place since they still have a subscriber on it.

Of course, I would list my neighbor as a referral (gives him $50 in service credits), and I would pay for a DPP switch and any non-standard install charges including replacing his messy outside wiring. Are there any other costs I should be looking at? Given the unique situation, should I order through a local installer / dealer or just hit Dish's 800 number when I'm ready to order?

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. I wan't to pull the trigger on this while the summer Hopper sale is still on, but hopefully once it isn't as Africa-hot here. (I sure don't need an installer falling over of heatstroke in my attic.)

Thanks,
Mike

 

[navychop]

Dish does not allow for sharing a dish between two customers like that. However, it's been done. You might want to talk to a local contractor and $ugge$t that it could happen.

Dish does not want the dish back, just the LNB and you can get out of even that.

 

[TimberWolf]

Dish does not allow for sharing a dish between two customers like that. However, it's been done.

Actually, it's done all the time on apt buildings, usually at the requirement of the landlord.

 

[navychop]

Actually, it's done all the time on apt buildings, usually at the requirement of the landlord.

In the context in which we were speaking, it's a no-no. But I threw in "like that" because of multi-unit dwelling exceptions. "Condo" can mean almost anything.

 

[Aidan8et]

I have installed MDUs that had a similar situation (multiple customers on single dish). It's rare & every time I've seen it, the landlord had to call dish (business branch I think) to have it set up.
Barring that, local retailers are well known for doing practically anything to complete a job, but don't expect consistent quality of install as from a Dish or RSP tech.

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