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Special Nov 25th Retailer Charlie Chat Details
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I just scheduled a install of a 61.5 dish 300 today for HD, looks like I won't need it now.
Wonder how long it will take them to move the HD channels over?
Wonder how long it will take them to move the HD channels over?
John Corn said:
How? Migrate all Locals to the side slots (105-121). That would release a crap-load of bandwidth on 110.
If you want Locals, you get a superdish. If you want HD, Dish 500 is your baby.
A customer has a choice for Locals, buy an antenna or get a superdish. Sounds like a good plan.
Ya know... makes sense:
People who are getting HD receivers are going to be getting digital locals off air, so don't need superdish.
Legacy (standard def) people will want LIL and will get Superdish. Over time, HD increases, SD decreases, need for SuperDish wanes, approach to digital cut-over day when SD locals can be DUMPED off the stream. New sats and technology allows digital locals, hopefully still with one small dish by then.
So Superdish fills just the LIL gap until that day but demand tapers off as HD increases.
Lee
People who are getting HD receivers are going to be getting digital locals off air, so don't need superdish.
Legacy (standard def) people will want LIL and will get Superdish. Over time, HD increases, SD decreases, need for SuperDish wanes, approach to digital cut-over day when SD locals can be DUMPED off the stream. New sats and technology allows digital locals, hopefully still with one small dish by then.
So Superdish fills just the LIL gap until that day but demand tapers off as HD increases.
Lee
No timeframe given, the HD Demo Channel and possibly CBS may not move from the wings.
Phone lines should be installed but not requiring it, if you have a 322 or 522 and elect a 322 or 522 you will get a message telling them to hook up their phone line, if the customer does not hook up the phone line they will pay an additional reciever fee.
If a customer does not want the phone line up a code will go on the account and will eliminate error message. Dish will disable the second outlet on the 522 or 322 if the customer does not call them and tell them they dont want to hook up a phone line to the 522/322
Phone lines should be installed but not requiring it, if you have a 322 or 522 and elect a 322 or 522 you will get a message telling them to hook up their phone line, if the customer does not hook up the phone line they will pay an additional reciever fee.
If a customer does not want the phone line up a code will go on the account and will eliminate error message. Dish will disable the second outlet on the 522 or 322 if the customer does not call them and tell them they dont want to hook up a phone line to the 522/322
John Corn said:
Maybe I better get the Dish 300 at 61.5, it could take sometime before they migrate these HD channels over.
... of course as HD channels increase they need to carve more bandwidth out of 110 which I guess means gradually moving existing locals over to SuperDish, which means retrofitting a LOT of 500s to SuperDish. But still fewer than the original plan which would have pretty much required SuperDish for EVERYONE eventually (as HD picks up).
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So any discussion of deals for 811 for existing customers, since the 6000u deal expired at 5:00am this morning?
Cheers,
Cheers,
Free SuperDish for HD?
Since all the HD is being moved off of SuperDish, will they be pulling the offer of Free SuperDish with a one year commitment to the HD package for those of us already getting locals from 110 and 61.5?
Since all the HD is being moved off of SuperDish, will they be pulling the offer of Free SuperDish with a one year commitment to the HD package for those of us already getting locals from 110 and 61.5?
PNotar:
No point in giving away a free Superdish (which incurs costs to Dish) if there is no need for it.
Cheers,
No point in giving away a free Superdish (which incurs costs to Dish) if there is no need for it.
Cheers,
