Well, upon first release of the H3, some people did get TWO H3's on one account, but it required (and still does) each H3 to have its own reflector, and even more complicated, if one needs to also see a 4th satellite, then that 4th position also needs its own reflector--for EACH H3. So, that would be 1 reflector for each of the two H3's + 1 reflector for the 4th sat for 1st H3 + 1 reflector for 4th sat for 2nd H3. That is a total of TWO reflectors for both H3's if you wanted only Core services or a total of FOUR reflectors for both H3's to also receive the 4th sat (most commonly 118).
Then several weeks later, DIRT and Dish ceased providing any installs for more than ONE H3. All those extra reflectors--even just ONE additional--is costly to Dish multiplied by all those many installs--reflectors plus LNBF's and any other support equipment, or put another way, the cost of TWO installs for only ONE subscriber, and adding more points of failure that could also cost on tech visits and fixes. As of nearly a year or so, Dish will ONLY allow the install of a second H3 on the condition that the customer agrees to have a seperate account for each H3, and those are the only known instances of multiple H3's that have been installed since Dish stopped allowing multiple H3's on one account. And for even worse matters, even if a customer who subscribe to Internationals who need to look at the 4th sat at 118 and only wants
ONE H3, Dish is still saying, "NO!" to these customers because it would still require an addtional reflector to look at 118.
A new switch (DPH42) is is just recently being used in use PR (as reported by posters) and that switch will allow for economical multiple H3 installs and access to a 4th sat using only
ONE reflector AND using existing DPP LNBF's that are already part of many multi-satellite installs. So for many upgrades to H3 (from Hopper, for example) it may only require a change-out of switches and Nodes and never even having to touch the mounted reflector and its LNBF's. We are presuming that once this switch is available, Dish allows multiple H3 and 4th sat installs. Until the DPH42 is available here in the USA, Dish is NOT allowing any multiple H3 installs nor any H3 installs that require looking at a 4th sat like 118 for Internationals, unless each H3 as its own account.
There are a number of posts from users who have been DENIED installs because they want eihter TWO H3's or need to look at a 4th sat. They have been given phony reasons like "low beam" for denail, only to find in a few instances that the "low beam" problem dissapears once they agree to having each H3 on seperate accounts. Some have gone to the competition after being denied. It is purely a business decision by Dish not to accomodate mulitple H3 installs or H3's that require looking at a 4th sat because any additonal refelector does cost Dish too much money for Cheap Charlie's budget.
There is even a post of one guy who only wanted ONE H3, but told he has "low beam" which prevents use of the H3. But his neighbor two doors down has an H3 intalled in his home; why is he not affected by "low beam?" he wanted to know. It was because the poor fellow requesting an upgrade to H3 was being denied was because in Dish's database it has him looking 118, a 4th satellite. After some haggling, phone calls, and back and forth, it turned out after some confirmation that he is NOT looking at 118 after all, then all of sudden the "low beam" problem that prevents the H3 from working magically went away and he was APPROVED to have an H3 installed at his home, just like his neighbor a few doors down has. Plenty more ODD posts of kookie reasons for denial that deny it has to do with the cost of multiple reflectors. Well, there was ONE post where a CSR did confirm to the poster that it was related to the cost of the additional reflector(s). A lot of people denied have felt very frustrated.
Years ago, Dish even got in troulbe with the FCC after some months later it suddenly REFUSED requests for the 2nd reflector to see other, smaller LiL channels subscribers were entitled to access as per Federal law, with some CSR's even citing the cost (oops! They weren't supposed to tell the customers that
). Clearly Charlie wanted to end the additional costs for as long as possible until, of course, finally, after complaints (and competitors notifying them, as well) the FCC officially orderd Dish to CEASE its refusal to accomodate subscriber's requesting a 2nd reflector to see their additional LIL's as per law. In this matter of multiple H3's, no such requirement by law, so we wait upon the DPH42 for households who want or even need more than one H3 and still watch Internationals at 118.
