Dish500 Question

[divotdame]

Hi, my husband and I are exploring getting a Dish Satellite for our rv in the winter for 3 months each year. We are thinking of using the prepaid green dot card. Do we need to have a Dish500 to be able to use the prepaid cards or will any Dish Satellite do. Can we purchase a used one? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Have never been on a forum before so not quite sure how to do all this. Thanks again.

 

[oldford]

Dish 500 antenna would work fine for 99% of programming. They are available used everywhere. For prepaid, I believe you have to use a receiver purchased to be used as prepaid. In other words, you can't get a used box and start using it as a prepaid.

Also, you may want to check into the prepaid system's future, I've heard there are changes ahead.

 

[divotdame]

Thanks for your help! Do you know where I could find info on changes?

 

[boba]

try 800-333-3474.

 

[oldford]

try 800-333-3474.

always a good source for Dish info

 

[boba]

always a good source for Dish info

Not "ALWAYS" but a safe referral

 

[BobaBird]

Receivers dedicated to the Dishnow! pre-paid service are no longer being sold and it's unclear if Dish is allowing new activations at this point. See Dish Network Prepaid Question.