I dropped dish about two months ago to go with Directtv and their HD DVR. Last night got a call from somebody from Dish and the CSR started speaking to me right away in Portuguese. At first I thought it was a prank of some friend as this person asked me why I left dish and disconnected the Brazilian channel I was to have. So she offered me two free months of the two brazilian channels. Of course I had to say "hey, how about the voom channels, can I get them for free also? " (gotta have Pink Panther again in HD!!! 
) . She said, sure . I'll just give you the whole HD package with the voom channels for free also! Now, after that I still had to call them THREE times to finally get the receiver activated.
I thought it was a great marketing idea from them. And the fact that I still can get it "a la carte" is not a bad deal. If indeed the new Voom channels do come and I can still get them with my 811 I may just continue the service. The only problem is that, for me to get voom I had to repoint one dish to get the 129 bird; and that used to be the one for 110 and 119. Now, I get 129 and 119. And I'm not about to pay $ to get a dish 1000! So, I really don't get the rest of the HD channels. But except for TNT HD I get all of the others anyway.
Just sharing my story...
) . She said, sure . I'll just give you the whole HD package with the voom channels for free also! Now, after that I still had to call them THREE times to finally get the receiver activated.I thought it was a great marketing idea from them. And the fact that I still can get it "a la carte" is not a bad deal. If indeed the new Voom channels do come and I can still get them with my 811 I may just continue the service. The only problem is that, for me to get voom I had to repoint one dish to get the 129 bird; and that used to be the one for 110 and 119. Now, I get 129 and 119. And I'm not about to pay $ to get a dish 1000! So, I really don't get the rest of the HD channels. But except for TNT HD I get all of the others anyway.
Just sharing my story...
