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[Tampa8]

Don't know what you mean. Dish has been leasing those transponders to AAD for years, this is nothing new. As long as AAD was paying the bill why would DISH know before now?? Beyond that, they aren't going away for a month, so DISH has time to institute something for RV's/truckers. I don't know if they will give it to those very few DISH does not have locals for but I'm guessing they will.

Also ROKU does not stream affiliate networks and DISH couldn't make any kind of agreement to do so. Some affiliates do have clips of newscasts or may stream the newscast itself, but none stream programming.

 

[TechWriter]

That was the superstations, AAD was offering them since 2006 when Dish lost the right to do distants when they lost the lawsuit.

Really?

Then how do you explain this October 5, 2012 email from DISH when I started receiving DNS service:

Dear Dish Network Customer,

Thank you for choosing Dish Network for your RV programming. We have reviewed your RV documentation and you have been approved for Distant Network Services. Your Distant Network Services will be activated in 10 to 14 business days. The NY Networks can be found on channels 9587-9590 and the LA Networks can be found on channels 9591-9594. PBS can be found on Channel 9595. If you have any questions, please contact Dish Network at 1-800-333-3474.

RV Support
RV.Declaration@Dishnetwork.com
Phone: 1-800-333-3474
Fax: 303-723-3964

 

[Scherrman]

This is about the only info I have seen so far.

All American Direct will cease operations on February 25th 2014 at 11:59 pm. At that time our services will no longer be available. All customers with time remaining on their service will receive a prorated refund by check or credit card. For further information please refer to the FAQ tab on this page.​

More information about refunds and answers to other questions can be found here: mydistantnetworks.com/faq.

 

[Dr.Pepper]

This is about the only info I have seen so far.

All American Direct will cease operations on February 25th 2014 at 11:59 pm. At that time our services will no longer be available. All customers with time remaining on their service will receive a prorated refund by check or credit card. For further information please refer to the FAQ tab on this page.More information about refunds and answers to other questions can be found here: mydistantnetworks.com/faq.

i.e. buh-bye Rusty. The door is that way.

 

[rwjga]

What documentation is required?

Really?

Then how do you explain this October 5, 2012 email from DISH when I started receiving DNS service:

Dear Dish Network Customer,

Thank you for choosing Dish Network for your RV programming. We have reviewed your RV documentation and you have been approved for Distant Network Services. Your Distant Network Services will be activated in 10 to 14 business days. The NY Networks can be found on channels 9587-9590 and the LA Networks can be found on channels 9591-9594. PBS can be found on Channel 9595. If you have any questions, please contact Dish Network at 1-800-333-3474.

RV Support
RV.Declaration@Dishnetwork.com
Phone: 1-800-333-3474
Fax: 303-723-3964

What documentation is required?

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

I have been asking around and the feeling I get is that DISH will not re-enter the home Distant Network Business. First off they can't offer it to the majority of the country because they already offer locals to 97% of the country.

And secondly (probably because of the above) there would not be enough business to make things profitable for them to do it.

 

[odbrv]

I will miss NY and San Francisco sports, news , and weather. The $14.99 per month will offset Dish price increases. The Hopper PTAT will really help in recording all the programs we watch. The only negative is on Sundays we recorded on West coast feeds to avoid the sports programming running long.

 

[Tampa8]

I have been asking around and the feeling I get is that DISH will not re-enter the home Distant Network Business. First off they can't offer it to the majority of the country because they already offer locals to 97% of the country.

And secondly (probably because of the above) there would not be enough business to make things profitable for them to do it.

Since they didn't two years ago, I can believe that. But I'm guessing they will re institute the RV waiver system.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Since they didn't two years ago, I can believe that. But I'm guessing they will re institute the RV waiver system.

There has been no indication of that from anyone I have talked to. But as well know anything at DISH is subject to change without notice. (Besides the prices)

 

[navychop]

What documentation is required?

When I looked into a few years ago, a copy of the registration of the RV in the account holder's name.

 

[navychop]

So Dish does not supply service to RVers or Truckers at all now? Except for those that are "tailgating?"

 

[Juan]

They offered superstations (KWGN, KTLA, WWOR, etc.). All CW or MNTV affiliates. These are different from DNS.

I thought they made it so you couldn't order any more

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[Tampa8]

So Dish does not supply service to RVers or Truckers at all now? Except for those that are "tailgating?"

At this moment, the only thing that has changed is getting Distant networks. You can get mobile service, meaning an account for an RV/OTR Truck, and likely can call and get the local networks for where you are, if you used AAD you won't get Distant networks. If you take a receiver to tailgate with, (As opposed to a separate account) you still get service, just not the Distant networks from AAD if you did before and I don't know if they will turn on the locals for where you are.

 

[mike123abc]

Really?

Then how do you explain this October 5, 2012 email from DISH when I started receiving DNS service:

Dear Dish Network Customer,

Thank you for choosing Dish Network for your RV programming. We have reviewed your RV documentation and you have been approved for Distant Network Services. Your Distant Network Services will be activated in 10 to 14 business days. The NY Networks can be found on channels 9587-9590 and the LA Networks can be found on channels 9591-9594. PBS can be found on Channel 9595. If you have any questions, please contact Dish Network at 1-800-333-3474.

RV Support
RV.Declaration@Dishnetwork.com
Phone: 1-800-333-3474
Fax: 303-723-3964

RV is a form of Distants and something Dish has offered off and on in the past, but Distants to a household is something they have not offered in a long time.

With AAD you could get distants to your house.

 

[navychop]

At this moment, the only thing that has changed is getting Distant networks. You can get mobile service, meaning an account for an RV/OTR Truck, and likely can call and get the local networks for where you are, if you used AAD you won't get Distant networks. If you take a receiver to tailgate with, (As opposed to a separate account) you still get service, just not the Distant networks from AAD if you did before and I don't know if they will turn on the locals for where you are.

Thank you for clarifying this. So it hasn't changed. I am interested in the RV/trucker service continuing. Don't care about locals or even DNS or Superstations.

 

[levibluewa]

DISH offered HD distants to truckers & RVers for a short period of time...didn't they say there weren't enough subs? In addition, it must have been a pain with paperwork and separate receivers. The SD signals via AAD were getting a little hard to take in an age of HDtv. Charlie USUALLY has an ace he's holding although I'm clueless to what it might be concerning this situation. If offering distants to just truckers & RVers didn't garner enough subs then the only way to gain more subs would be a situation similar to the one he had with AAD.
A question for the techies...if he took the big3+1 in NY & LA (or SF) ... did away with the spotbeam feeds and just put them on CONUS how much MORE transponder space would it take up OR save. I guess E-C zones would be on 72.7 and M-P zones on 110-119 or 129. Any thoughts.

 

[Brussam]

The interesting things that when Dish was offering DNS a couple of years ago, they used transponders for the CONUS DNS channels and a separate set for CONUS NY and LA transponders. Never understood the duplication.

The phone call I got did not sound good for Dish DNS. Maybe they are betting on a low migration to DirecTV because of the equipment costs. For me it would be a new roof disk ($1500-$1800) and the resale of my current roof dish really deflated. Nut I would get SWM technology which would make some things easier with the trailer cabling.

 

[Tampa8]

That's true. The only thing I can come up with is they were trying to keep DNS subscribers completely separate from household ones.

 

[The Fat Man]

I thought they made it so you couldn't order any more

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They did, but the post I was replying to had the two confused.

 

[rusty813]

Hey everyone I created a petition to sign, as what dish told me they need to wait to hear from more people calling. https://www.change.org/petitions/dish-network-bring-back-distant-networks