Today at 10:30 a.m. ET on CNBC, Hamid Akhavan, Echostar CEO, Will answer questions about the DTV-DISH TV merger.
Squeezed in one more switch under the wire.Yeah, you've probably done that for the last time.
No mention of a charge for the install this morning.YTTV.
And DirecTV is now charging $200 for new/returning subscribers for the install.
It is absolutely true. DirecTV bought Dish today (Monday, Sep. 30) for a symbolic $1 (not a typo). They will assume Dish's 9.8 billion debt. All of this requires regulatory approval. You can read about it in the Wall Street Journal (wsj.com). What the impact on employees, tech support and their customers will be, I have not heard anything. Certainly, they must have discussed that. The acquisition might increase their leverage when negotiating with content providers. So, the impact on us as customers is currently unknown. The Sirius-XM merger seems to have gone well. Perhaps this will, too.Is this true?
That was posted here it was changed back to a free install with the 2 year contract.Squeezed in one more switch under the wire.
No mention of a charge for the install this morning.
Anytime competition is reduced, prices do not remain the same or decrease, they always go up. At least that has been my experience.(snip)
What the impact on employees, tech support and their customers will be, I have not heard anything. Certainly, they must have discussed that. The acquisition might increase their leverage when negotiating with content providers. So, the impact on us as customers is currently unknown. The Sirius-XM merger seems to have gone well. Perhaps this will, too.
Anytime competition is reduced, prices do not remain the same or decrease, they always go up. At least that has been my experience.
You called that one correct. 2 1/2 hours after predicting it, it happened.Just received an email from DirecTV showing the price $30.47 higher per month than what I was told over the phone when I placed the order. Customer service could not explain how the phone rep got to the price that I was quoted.
Install cancelled, looks like I'll stay with Dish and the retention deal that they offered.