Vip211/622 DishCOMM Question

[light200]

OK, i have a series of questions here: My current setup is a 211 and a 622 in the house, NEITHER are connected to a phone line. On my bill, i get a programming access fee of $5, and an additional receiver lease fee of $6.

1.) Am I supposed to be charged $5 for each receiver not connected to a phone line?
2.) Is there any way to get rid of the $6 additional receiver fee?
3.) Will the 211/622 recognize each other via DishCOMM? AND if so when i hook up the ethernet jack on wednesday will they both be "dialing out" using a single shared connection? Thus eliminating the $5 and $6 fees?

thanks

 

[garys]

The $5 charge is for dual tuner receivers only, so only the 622 will incur the charge. You have an additional receiver, no way that will be waived. Not sure about the eithernet port yet.

 

[Jim5506]

Ethernet port will be active with tomorrows update and will supplant phone line.

$5 charge should disappear after your 622 reports in next time.

 

[the_pabster]

Ethernet port will be active with tomorrows update and will supplant phone line.

$5 charge should disappear after your 622 reports in next time.

I hope this is true; I'd love to get rid of that damn $5 "Programming Access Fee" just because I refuse to pay $50 a month for a basic local phone with the Telco.

So far it doesn't appear to be, because the receiver is still trying to "dial" and failing.

 

[Cyclone]

Has your receiver successfully pulled an IP address from your router?

 

[Jim5506]

Yes.