So I just made the call to cancel Dish at my parents and the customer service rep was great. She did try to keep me by offering me some additional credits and premium channels but when I informed of my reason to leave Dish, she understood. Its hard for them to convince you to stay when your leaving for something that they do not offer. I asked that she please inform whoever is listening about the complete lack of RSN's in NY.
As for the switch to Direct, the install was done on Friday and from what I've heard, my parents and younger brother are loving it. Personally I can't wait to test it out. The Yanks, Mets, Rangers, Islanders, Devils, Knicks, and Nets are all back on or at least when their respective seasons resume.
Its a shame that Dish doesn't see the importance of sports. One could argue that sports mean more then movies when selecting a provider considering that their are so many other ways to get movies into your home. This nonsense that they are cheaper means nothing when you don't get the same slate of channels. If AMC goes dark and the major networks decided they don't want Dish transmitting their signals when their contracts expire due to the whole Auto Hop feature, what then? No local programming. I highly doubt my bill go down by double digits and even if it did, who cares? Dish really needs to rethink its position when playing hardball with these companies.
