Point Blank, Dish is not a phone company, and its because of that they have no right to touch phone lines. If a dish tech screws up a phone line that causes the phone company to have to come out and fix, who eats that cost, oh yeah let me just say the customer does and not dish. So once again my point is made about this topic.
Then pay the phone line fee and the issue is resolved. Here's your facts "point blank"... You will either pay the fee, or you'll continue to gripe about it and still pay the fee, or third, you'll cancel. Lastly, you can refuse to pay the fee, get shut off, still refuse, get sent to collections, still refuse, get sued and STILL END UP PAYING, (or still refuse and go to jail for violating a court order.) Now Charlie's betting on #1 or #2, personally, I'm with Chuck on this one.
You can yell, scream, disagree and complain all you like (which I find kind of funny because it's like watching a child throw a temper tantrum in the toy isle because their parents said no.) You WILL pay for the fee, or you will cancel. You have no other options. Self-rightousness has yet to get a customer out of a bill.