Increase in price after the firs two year YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jon J]

Or, if its too much, say no thank you and get your shows from somewhere else.

Funny, the people saying "shut up and take it" will be the same ones up in arms when channel owners up their rates.

If you are courteous and cheerful with the CSR you will be pleasantly surprised what you may be offered. "Price locks" are all the rage and often the strings aren't that onerous.

 

[KAB]

Just re-upped two year flex and news pack for just $12.00 per from two years ago, plus 5 PPVs.

 

[rvvaquero]

I doubt if you can chose a different elec company.

Actually, 90% of Texans can.

 

[BarnRat]

Actually, 90% of Texans can.

The Texas Tribune says 60% but who cares about that . . .

I'm curious . . . Interesting. Explain how you can have power come to your house from one company and your neighbor can have power come to his house from some other company? Need the tech details if you know them or give me a link to an explanation/description of how that works.

 

[Josephinelcajon]

I see a returning trend that has made long term customers leave regardless of company. New customers getting deeper discounts as opposed to current customers at the end of a contract Many years ago Dish really screwed old customers, so I canceled and restarted under a cousin name losing my many years reputation but saved BIG! Most just switch to a different company. I hope Dish sees the bad heir bad history of this.

I learned dealing with customer service always call loyalty especially these days and be extra polite. Never demand and give a short explanation why. Most times I come out even better than expected!

 

[rvvaquero]

The Texas Tribune says 60% but who cares about that . . .

I'm curious . . . Interesting. Explain how you can have power come to your house from one company and your neighbor can have power come to his house from some other company? Need the tech details if you know them or give me a link to an explanation/description of how that works.

I've never taken much interest in how it works. I would assume that it's like cellular service. For example, Verizon sells to MVNO's which in turn sell to consumers, etc.

There are real providers of electricity, owners of infrastructure, then those who just buy and sell the service. Everybody gets paid for what they provide. Not only can you choose between companies to buy electricity from, you can choose from a buffet of types of service. You can buy it on a fixed rate or variable rate. You may remember that during the big freeze of '21, some customers who were on cheaper plans had to pay big time for service when their provider had to go out on the open market to buy electricity.

I personally live in an area which opted not to participate in the unregulated market. We get our power from Entergy, which is not a part of ERCOT. So, I don't have a choice of providers. El Paso has their own electric utility. There are other smaller Co-Ops also. I was guessing at the 90%. I'm surprised it's not more than 60% though. Generally, if you live in one of the larger metros, you can choose from a number of electric companies.

 

[BarnRat]

. . . how it works. . . .

Thanks for the explanation. Very interesting. So, electricity is created by one or more utilities that serve an area (the wholesaler), just like anywhere else in the world, but then there are retail entities that sell that power. The customer deals with the retail entity while the utilities create, manage, and maintain the physical plants, transmission lines, etc. The utility deals with the customer thru whatever retail company they choose. Is my understanding correct?

Looks like the deregulation there caused Texas to be "disconnected" from the national grid and could not "borrow" power during that terrible ice storm in Feb 2021.

 

[klang]

Looks like the deregulation there caused Texas to be "disconnected" from the national grid and could not "borrow" power during that terrible ice storm in Feb 2021.

The separate grid is not related to deregulation. The grid dates back to at least WW2.

I lived near Houston for a bit. Thought the deregulation stuff was nonsense.

 

[Bobby]

I have a choice of two power generation companies. those would be PG&E and Sonoma Clean Power. PG&E supplies the support facility to bring that power to my house for either company and does the billing as well. PG&E gets its electricity from all sources while Sonoma Clean Power gets its electricity from clean sources, solar, wind, and geothermal only (for the most part). I choose the latter. My monthly bill comes from PG&E and separates out the power generation and power transmission. I make one payment and they settle bewteen themselves.

 

[sam_gordon]

Usually the higher bills are equipment related, not programming. Additionally, other people like me just get tired of reading about people complaining about how expensive it is and why Dish owes them cheaper costs. I'd like to have a H3 and Joeys in three rooms in my house. But that'd pop my bill like crazy... so I don't have H3's and Joeys in three rooms. I don't whine about how Dish is refusing to discount me for having the extra equipment.

And look at the folks that get up in arms on this site when a broadcaster ups their fee <$20/year (probably a lot less actually). But responses here are saying "Dish wants $60 more per month? Accept and don't complain!"

 

[navychop]

Sonoma Clean Power gets its electricity from clean sources, solar, wind, and geothermal only (for the most part).

So what happens overnight or in extended bad weather with little “clean” generation?

 

[Bobby]

So what happens overnight or in extended bad weather with little “clean” generation?

Geothermal never stops, but that is why I said "for the most part."

 

[man00]

Perhaps another way of looking at it is that you had a great discount for two years.

Yeah those were the good old days, I forget how many channels were lost for a time over disputes...All should be fine now since Brittney Griner is back in the USA. Is the rumor true that Brittney may get her likeness on a USPS stamp?? Don't think that would work, not many men would lick it

 

[Bobby]

Yeah those were the good old days, I forget how many channels were lost for a time over disputes...All should be fine now since Brittney Griner is back in the USA. Is the rumor true that Brittney may get her likeness on a USPS stamp?? Don't think that would work, not many men would lick it

I haven't bought a 'lick' stamp in over a decade....

 

[Jim5506]

I don't think a living individual can be depicted on a stamp.

 

[rvvaquero]

I don't think a living individual can be depicted on a stamp.

I believe Smokey the Bear has been.

 

[MikeD-C05]

On the call with Dish this morning I was informed that I have been a customer for 24 years and 1 month so the above averages are a bit on the high side. Hoorah!

11 more months and you will have my record.

 

[Jim5506]

I believe Smokey the Bear has been.

Smokey Bear is not a person, and the original Smokey Bear died in 1976.

 

[navychop]

That’s not what Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny tell me, so you’re outvoted.

 

[man00]

Again, without knowing what package(s) and equipment the numbers mean nothing.

For the purpose of this topic that $72** to $137** was the only thing with meaning