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Topic: Have you heard? Posted: 01 Feb 2011 at 1:46pm |
I heard a rumor that the Dish network has come out with a "plan" especially for RVers. You pay as you go, no contracts, you can start/stop service anytime you want.
Have any of you heard details about this?
Do any of you use Dish Network?
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Brin
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Posted: 01 Feb 2011 at 3:25pm |
This is what I found by googling it.
I would love to hear any feedback from someone who knows about this. I am not technical at all about this stuff.
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Terri and Craig and Panzer
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iamsmonk
Senior Member Joined: 14 Nov 2010 Location: North Carolina Online Status: Offline Posts: 114 |
Posted: 01 Feb 2011 at 8:39pm |
What a coincidence - I just read an ad in the magazine I get from Camping World. There is a 2 page spread about the new Pay-As-You-Go Programming from Dish network. You buy the ViP 211K receiver (which Camping World has for $134.99) which is compatible with most Winegard satellite antennas. Choose your progarmming package and prepay each month in advance. You don't have to call and cancel, just don't pay next months price and you service is discontinued. Want to pick it up again...just call and start prepaying. The phone number listed is 1-866-609-9374. If you want to see the ad with more details you can view it on Camping World's website. The ad is inside the front cover.
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Sherrie & Carol,
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TerryM
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Posted: 02 Feb 2011 at 9:24am |
As a famous German sergeant used say "Verly interlesting"!
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Posted: 02 Feb 2011 at 10:03am |
Thanks iamsmonk and Brin! It looks like I don't have to miss racing, while camping.
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techntrek
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Posted: 02 Feb 2011 at 4:32pm |
An FYI for those with DirecTV (and this should apply to Dish too), you can just take one of your receivers with you - no need for a separate account. You just need a dish mounted to a portable base of some kind (make your own or you can buy them), often you can get dishes free on Craigslist. I kept my old standard-def dish when we went high-def, which is another option. One benefit of using a standard-def dish is they are much easier to aim. DirecTV doesn't require a phone line and I think that is true for Dish for an extra fee.
One catch to this - if you travel outside of your "home" area, you won't be able to receive your local channels. They are broadcast on narrow spot-beams from the satellite. You used to be able to get an account for RVs which let you receive the "big 3" via their home-area broadcast channel (such as WABC in New York) but which was re-broadcast on a nationwide beam, but I don't know if you can do that anymore.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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Bigbit
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Posted: 02 Feb 2011 at 6:44pm |
techntrek:
I'm on DirecTV and have an old dish and receiver that I'm not using. Can I pack these in the trailer and just grab the ID card out of my bedroom receiver and stick it in the spare receiver in my camper when I want to use it?
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techntrek
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Posted: 03 Feb 2011 at 1:25pm |
I think the card and receiver are paired up, so you'll need to take an active receiver/card combo with you.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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Bigbit
Groupie Joined: 27 Feb 2010 Location: USA Online Status: Offline Posts: 58 |
Posted: 04 Feb 2011 at 1:01am |
Thanks for the feedback, techntrek...
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