Marta, w have Dish and love it. The guys who installed it knew exactly what they were doing (it's all they do) and the service is great. They have a promotion for new subscribers that basically gets you the installation free and a $50 service credit (the better part of two months for me). The person who referred you gets a few bucks off their bill for a year, too. ::-)
You can get two TVs hooked up for free with two remotes and one set-top box. They have a TiVo-like offering, too, for extra money a month. The remotes are universal remotes so they work your TVs too. It's worked out great for us. Another interesting thing is that they offer ALL the local broadcast channels. I wanted one that wasn't on the main satellite, so they installed a second dish for free. The people who installed it are the area franchisees, a company named HPTS (High Power Technical Services). The only time the service has gotten flaky so far is in a bad ice storm. The rest of the time it's fabulous. I haven't had to call them for anything, so I don't know how responsive they are, other than the fact that they install it fast. I have a couple of the promotional packages. They give them out like candy if you call them. If you want one, send me your address off-list and I'll send you one. Or I can just email you the info off the card and you can call them. Piece of cake! jonathan P.S. I have several if anyone else is interested. ;;-) On Feb 18, 2005, at 5:15 PM, Marta Edie <martaedie at mac.com> wrote: > Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:04:12 -0500 > From: Marta Edie <martaedie at mac.com> > Subject: Re: MacGroup: dish > > Thanks so much for your answer,Jeff. The trouble I have is that this > German Channel can only be gotten through the Dish Network, since our > sweet Insight does not want to bother with that channel, since it does > not bring them revenue, I suppose. I have spoken to I don't know how > many local installers. They all promise me the moon when I talk to > them. The dish network itself will install it, too, meaning they will > use a local installer. They told me they use CompUSA, but that was > once upon its time. They are of of the Dish realm totally. The people > of Satellite Dish there on Preston Highway were so nice on the phone. I > talked to a Terry Burnett for a couple of hours one afternoon and he > was knowledeable, but when I finally tried to get them to answer my > phone call to really install the thing, I did hear nothing, I made at > least ten phone calls, no return call ever, I finally sent a letter > telling them I would call the Better Business Bureau for not even > having the courtesy to return a phone call. So they are out for me, and > perhaps for any of you all, too. Right now I am negotiating with a > person from Camelot Satellite. I also spoke with someone at HighPower > Technical Services. I try to pin them down for what they all really > know about anything. And when I press them, I get all these caveats. I > already know too much for them, and I really know nothing. Go figure > that one out. So any input from you all is very much appreciated. And > I am not quite finished with Insight yet, either. > Marta > On Feb 18, 2005, at 14:25, Jeffrey C Smith wrote: > >> Marta, >> >> The local dish network folks leave a lot to be desired. We had it >> set up a year ago by circuit city and the installer had no clue what >> he was doing. We went through three different guys before we finally >> got one that was even willing to try and set ours up. Our roof was >> covered by the tree canopy you see and they couldn't find any other >> way to install it. Meanwhile, the acreage we own around us was too >> much trouble for the first two guys. I finally convinced the third >> guy to install the dish on the fence and I ran the cable to the house >> myself. I kept the network for about three months and they jacked up >> the price so I ditched the system. The dish is still hanging on the >> fence! I was totally disgusted with the service. If someone else has >> a good experience with another system I would also be interested to >> hear about it. >> >> Good luck Marta, Jeff >> -- Jonathan Fletcher jfletch at newmediaconstco.com NewMedia Construction Co. MacTown Softworks | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
