I wonder if they are having a satellite failure of some kind that is causing the 110 sat to lose the spotbeams and the conus beams last time it happened less than a month ago? Lord knows that DISH has a long history of satellite failures and problems like the Echostar 5/129 sat and other older sats still being used , despite failures.
Here we go again! 5:23 pm spotbeams on 110 are gone again on my system in Dallas!!
I would bet its weather related. I saw this on their webpage:
Tech Portal : Tech Depot
and if you go to: NWS radar image from Austin/San Antonio, TX
It appears they are getting nailed. Just a thought.