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said by puritan:
You must have only shopped DirecTV. With Dish network, you do not purchase the equipment.
??? Most people purchase it. I haven't heard about a lease deal, but I'll take your word for it. So you can either buy it or lease, you choose. quote:
My only real complaint about satellite is that I cannot customize the box. I want to set up a short list of channels for my kids to watch, and eliminate the rest. That isn't available yet.
You sure about that? My receiver (older model, now) had the ability to password channels and delete channels from the guide so they didn't display, too.... However... I think you could still manually "dial" them if you knew their channel #'s. So you'd have to manually password out and hide each one. UNG, that would take awhile....
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puritan
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| I think I got a pretty good deal when I signed up. I got a 4 room system. 3 of the 301 receivers, the 508 PVR, the dish, and installation. There was a $99 up front cost, then I got 49.95 back on the first months bill. I pay $70 a month for their top 150 package, which is every channel except for the pay channels.
When I had it installed, I specifically asked about removing the channels from the list. The install dude told me that I could lock them, but not remove them. I wasn't entirely happy because I want to have like 10 kids channels on the list so my kids could just hit the channel buttons to change.
But the programming package is $40 a month, which includes one receiver lease, then add $15 for the lease on the remaining 3 receivers, $5 for local stations, and $3 for the superstations.
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2farfromCO7
join:2000-10-14
Farmington, MI
| Actually, you didn't. There hasn't been a good DHP deal since the first half of 2002. Back then, you got 3 months free of your basic package(AT50,100, or 150) + locals. It's gotten worse and worse ever since. It then went to 1 month free of everything, now it's not even 1 month free for most people. Yeah, for 4 receivers it's the only way to go, but it's nowhere near as good of a deal as it used to be. BTW, I don't charge my customers the $49.95 and I give them an additional $50-$120 upfront. That made DHP one hell of a deal when it was 3 months free. Today you're better off just doing a 2 receiver plan and worrying about getting the 3rd and 4th ones later. | |
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