Dish to announce special deal to get Voom customers

[seahog]

Just talked to CS supervisor.
Dish to announce on May 1st a special offer for Voom customers.

 

[ptech]

Just talked to CS supervisor.
Dish to announce on May 1st a special offer for Voom customers.

Did you just get up for the day?

 

[dlma1]

Yes seahog please read the other posts! Suggest this thread be terminated.

 

[ptech]

Yes seahog please read the other posts! Suggest this thread be terminated.

Mods, please delete this thread

 

[seahog]

Re: May 1st offer

I was scheduled for Dish Install tomorrow.
I called CS about the 2nd dish required for Voom HD channels.
It was recommended that I postpone install because a better deal for Voom customers will be announced May 1st.
Whatever incentives they offer there still will be a $5.00 per month for the Voom HD channels plus $9.95 for the Dish HD package.

 

[bookwalk]

Your "better" deal will be $100 to add the 2nd dish! Better for Dish, not for us.

 

[arty100]

Is the 2nd Dish on 61.5 worth one hundred bucks?

What else can we get, if we invest the $100.00.

(Gees, seems a lot for 10 channels of which I only watch equator and
RAVE on a regular basis..)

 

[bookwalk]

Will the dish even be used when all HD goes to Mpeg-4--other threads say no, so we have a $100 dish we can't use in about a year or so--not to mention the 942 HD -DVR that can't do Mpeg4 either.

 

[tujumaster]

That's my issue, too, bookwalk. I'm wondering if there is a way to just get the Voom channels. I can keep my cable PVR and switch to DISH whenever I feel like watching Voom Channels. All I need is to lease an 811 for free.

 

[gutter]

The news release stated that the HD would be free for the first 6 months. I would assume after that it would be the total of $15 for the HD pak+VOOM

It is interesting that the name VOOM was kept by CVC. There was speculation that the name was doomed to be doomed.

 

[mdonnelly]

Will the dish even be used when all HD goes to Mpeg-4--other threads say no, so we have a $100 dish we can't use in about a year or so--not to mention the 942 HD -DVR that can't do Mpeg4 either.

Granted about the 942. Don't know why anyone would buy one before E* announces any upgrade plans for MPEG-4.

But the dish is another story. When the programming moves, swing the dish over to the new azimuth, tighten it down, go inside and watch TV.

 

[bookwalk]

Granted about the 942. Don't know why anyone would buy one before E* announces any upgrade plans for MPEG-4.

But the dish is another story. When the programming moves, swing the dish over to the new azimuth, tighten it down, go inside and watch TV.

We will have 3 dishes from Dishnetwork--one at 61.5, Dish 500 toward 119 or whatever and one at 148 for 2 of the locals. (I won't in reality as I am not going to subscribe to Dish anymore). In addition, we still have the VOOM dish and another large 30" KU band dish for internet and THEN there's our C-band 10' dish--enough is enough--no more dishes--this is absurd.

 

[mdonnelly]

We will have 3 dishes from Dishnetwork--one at 61.5, Dish 500 toward 119 or whatever and one at 148 for 2 of the locals. (I won't in reality as I am not going to subscribe to Dish anymore). In addition, we still have the VOOM dish and another large 30" KU band dish for internet and THEN there's our C-band 10' dish--enough is enough--no more dishes--this is absurd.

Okay, I get it. You don't want to go to the trouble for 10 more HD channels. Fine. No skin off my nose. I'm just saying the dish WILL have a use for SOME PEOPLE after MPEG-4 is activated.

 

[bookwalk]

Okay, I get it. You don't want to go to the trouble for 10 more HD channels. Fine. No skin off my nose. I'm just saying the dish WILL have a use for SOME PEOPLE after MPEG-4 is activated.

With Mpeg 4, I doubt anyone would need 3 dishes.

 

[James Long]

As long as E* has bandwidth they will use it.

JL