Dish is saying NO UPGRADE available to those who are looking at more than 3 sats. There have been instances on this forum of people having been denied an H3 because Dish has incorrect info on that subs account. Once it was clear that the sub is looking only at 3 sats at most, the denial by Dish for technical reasons went away, as if my magic. Also, DIRT had been getting those looking at 4 sats set-up case by case, but now Dish seems to have no longer allowed DIRT to make ANY exceptions.
Fortunately, some CSR's have been, finally, giving the truthful answer of being denied an H3: because they are looking at more than 3 sats and the equipment to make that an ECONOMICAL install for Dish is not possible until the new DP24 switch is out (by January 2017 according to latest press). That switch will also allow ECONOMICAL installs of multiple H3's using only ONE reflector instead of TWO reflectors (Dish does not want to pay for that) or up to FOUR reflectors of someone wants TWO H3's and is looking at 4 sats--that is something Dish REALLY does not want to pay for.
I can tell you that in many instances when Dish claimed some "low beam" technical falderal (the real reason being Dish has that sub as looking at 118 on the WA) as being impossible to provide, even though a neighbor two doors down got an H3 installed, that impossible technical baloney sandwich vanished once it was clear the sub was only looking at 3 sats or when DIRT was able to make an exception to 4 sat install, which they now seem forbidden to allow. Lets remember 119 and 118.7 can be referred to as "co-located."
So, I would say, give DIRT a try and really find out if Dish has you down for FOUR sats when you may only really are looking at 3. But if it is 4 sats or if you want TWO H3's, even DIRT will say "NO," now. The alternative is to wait 3 more months for January 2017 when Dish is expected to have the new DP24 switch that will make all 4 sat and multiple H3's on one account ECONOMICAL for Dish to provide. And FWIW, I am glad I have chosen to wait until January because they H3 still has some serious bugs, and this gives Dish more time to fix them so that my experience with TWO H3's is likley to be better and more reliable than it is today. So count your blessings at having been denied. Check back here on the forum for the announcement of the DP24's availability and Dish providing H3 installs to ALL subs.
