Under your agreement with Dish Network you must have a phone line or broadband connected to your receiver at all times.
By having it hooked up the receiver reports home every so often and reports PPV purchases, signal levels, and its also possible to report back viewing habits.
Had my landline disconnected in Jan., called dish and let them know....they have taken off(disabled) the phone line connection fee,(4 recievers), for my account for ever....

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