And furthermore the $2 increase next month X all customers is no doubt paying for our "free" HD.Because then Charlie couldn't have bragged that Dish was the only provider NOT raising programming fees!
And furthermore the $2 increase next month X all customers is no doubt paying for our "free" HD.Because then Charlie couldn't have bragged that Dish was the only provider NOT raising programming fees!
whoopededoo. i went up two bucks. i only have one 722. so february only increased my bill by 1.00 dollar. now im going up 2 more. feb2009 my increase was way more then 3.00, and it hit at one time. at least now i skated 5 months with only a 1.00 increase.
i think its great that all the subs with a buttload of extra recievers got hit so hard. i would rather the price increase be on those who require all the cost of the extra equipment. many customers who only have a 322 or only a solo rec and t120 will have no price increase at all this year as well.
whoopededoo. i went up two bucks. i only have one 722. so february only increased my bill by 1.00 dollar. now im going up 2 more. feb2009 my increase was way more then 3.00, and it hit at one time. at least now i skated 5 months with only a 1.00 increase.
i think its great that all the subs with a buttload of extra recievers got hit so hard. i would rather the price increase be on those who require all the cost of the extra equipment. many customers who only have a 322 or only a solo rec and t120 will have no price increase at all this year as well.
i think its great that all the subs with a buttload of extra recievers got hit so hard. i would rather the price increase be on those who require all the cost of the extra equipment. many customers who only have a 322 or only a solo rec and t120 will have no price increase at all this year as well.
Does not appear to involve the channels I have then,
This level of increase seems just suicidal for dish, for example, RTPi, which is available FTA elsewhere, is going from 5.00 to 9.99, not just a 1.00 but a 5.00 increase which is an 100% increase, that is a joke!
International price increases come with an increase in compression levels too?
Good luck dish! So is this how they plan to pay for the conversion of the internationals to MPEG-4?
But the vast majority of International subs (any ANY Dish or DirecTV subs) haven't a clue what "FTA" even means. They only know enough to consider cable, AT&T, Verizon, Dish, DirecTV, etc.
However, in some larger cities, such as Los Angeles, there are a ton of newly available International channels available on the OTA sub/multicast channels, some are the same Dish offers. But, again, most of those folks interested in Internationals still get their TV from Cable, IP, FiOS, Dish, DirecTV, etc and don't even have an OTA antenna, and they live in very small apartments with NO OTA antenna installed by the management.
I am happy for you, but just ponder this.
When the multi receiver folks get pi**ed off and move on E will need to replace all that lost revenue, and you will be the next target.
I am still upset over my 625 going from 5 bucks a month to 17 bucks a month. ANY company who pulls increases like that has lost site of why they started ........
to fill customers needs at a reasonable cost. they can make a profit without gouging customers
so very soon I am getting a TIVO, with OTA, and download netflix shows and perhabs buy some favorite shows on DVD. if its not enough I might get comcast with cablecard
If I EVER go back to satellite it will be direct.......
A couple of folks have asked this. I know I'm wondering too. I think its got to be $4. 2 for AT250 and 2 for the prems.Has anyone heard what the price increase will be for AEP?
FTA should advertise on the channels, you can get this station for FREE with so and so eqiuptment.
charlie is getting greedy, that opens the door to competitors
My competitor ACCO BRANDS / GBC justr raised their labor rate to fix a 1500 dollar laminator to $295.00 for the first hour.
thats wonderful for my business I am mailing out a flyer my price is 100 bucks a hour
The subs with multiple receivers are subsidizing your Dishnet sub Penishead.
When they leave you will pay more. Glad you are happy about it though.
I'm happy with a $2 increase for my Top 250 package + HD. Let's see... in the past few months I've gotten BBC America HD, DIY HD, E! HD, Fox Soccer HD, G4 HD, History International HD, Headline News HD, Investigation Discovery HD, National Geographic Wild HD, Sportsman HD, Style HD, TruTV HD, Turner Classic Movies HD along with the Platinum channels Epix HD, Epix 2 HD, Indieplex HD, Retroplex HD and Shorts HD. Oh yeah, also Univison HD and one other Spanish language HD station that I can't remember the name of at this moment.
So, 20 new HD channels, including Epix which costs $10 more a month on FIOS because it's a "premium station", and my bill is only going up $2 a month? I'm happy. Very happy.
Show me another provider that has the amount of HD that Dish has available. Even FIOS has significantly less HD channels at this point. As of right now, FIOS is missing: BBC America HD, BET HD, Cartoon network HD, CBS College Sports HD, DIY HD, E! HD, Fox Soccer HD, G4 HD, History International HD, Headline News HD, Investigation Discovery HD, Sportsman HD, Style HD, TruTV HD, Turner Classic Movies HD, Centric HD, Crime and Investigation HD, Epix 2 HD, Indieplex HD, Logo HD, Fashion HD, Retroplex HD and Shorts HD.
And don't even get me started at how much HD DirecTV is missing, even AFTER their additions in the next month that are mostly aimed at premium stations.
Granted, I'd still love to see AMC HD, ESPN U HD, Fuse HD, MLB HD and Smithsonian HD on Dish Network, but I'm beginning to feel a bit greedy for wanting more when I now look at my lineup and see at least 80% of the *real* channels available in HD (not counting junk like "The Research channel", Cspan or HSN).
Robert