Bad news for Dish Network Subscribers

by **Ryan** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 6:01 am

Because Dish is too stuckup to meet Demands from CBS / Viacom, it will likely drop many popular channels from its lineup. Heres what will drop:

BET - Comedy Central - MTV - MTV2
Nick Games & Sports
Nickelodeon/Nick at Night (East and West)
NOGGIN - VH1 - VH1 Classic

Now sure, most of those are worthless, but I know a lot of people watch MTV, MTV2, and Comedy Central. If you are a Dish Network Subscriber, make sure to call 1-800-333-DISH and complain. They are going to lose a LOT of business over this.

by **Murgatroyd** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 9:23 am

Originally posted by Ryan
Because Dish is too stuckup to meet Demands from CBS / Viacom, it will likely drop many popular channels from its lineup. Heres what will drop:

BET - Comedy Central - MTV - MTV2
Nick Games & Sports
Nickelodeon/Nick at Night (East and West)
NOGGIN - VH1 - VH1 Classic

Now sure, most of those are worthless, but I know a lot of people watch MTV, MTV2, and Comedy Central. If you are a Dish Network Subscriber, make sure to call 1-800-333-DISH and complain. They are going to lose a LOT of business over this.

Yeah, they've been running a message at the bottom of the screen since yesterday about that. I think this is going to be a major blow in the dish/cable wars, and the dish companies have noone to blame but themselves. Personally, I hate my cable company - they gouge prices, have a monopoly on where I live, and provide generally lousy service. I'd get rid of it in a second if I had an alternative - but trees block my satellite signal, plus the lousy phone company doesn't have DSL in my area. So what's a guy to do?

by **-HaVoC-** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 9:33 am

Well I have direct tv and noggin rocks.

by **Murgatroyd** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 9:49 am

Originally posted by -HaVoC-
Well I have direct tv and noggin rocks.

What do you use for internet?

by **-HaVoC-** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 9:51 am

Comcast cable modem.

by **Murgatroyd** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 9:53 am

Originally posted by -HaVoC-
Comcast cable modem.

I can't wait till those guys make it out this way.. I'm so sick of Chatah it ain't even funny. I think they've made it as far as the Framingham area, but they're not moving fast enough. I'm switching over as soon as they get out here.

by **Camel toe joe** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 10:54 am

Well i keep getting screwed my choice are veryy limited on this stinking island!! i guess best choice is to move back to civilization:mad: :wall:

any job offers???:help:

by **Rocky Dennis** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 11:01 am

Originally posted by C. Murgatroyd
I can't wait till those guys make it out this way.. I'm so sick of Chatah it ain't even funny. I think they've made it as far as the Framingham area, but they're not moving fast enough. I'm switching over as soon as they get out here.

I live in one of the few MA areas that does have a choice between cable companies. I've got RCN and will be sad when we move:( because it is unbelievable

by **Chacal** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 12:28 pm

Originally posted by Camel toe joe
i guess best choice is to move back to civilization

You lived in Canada before?

by **Evan** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 12:37 pm

Where I live we have three choices for cable:

Cablevision
Comcast
Time Warner

Now, I use Cablevision. Sure, their cable prices may be a bit high, but their cable internet kicks the shit out of 95% of cable companies across the country.

by **Camel toe joe** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 2:14 pm

Originally posted by Chacal
You lived in Canada before?

only in a dream and then things went bad because everything was in the metric system :mad:

actually I've always heard good things about broadband up in Canada...and I like Canadian bacon

maybe it's time i move to our brothers up north...

by **LordShard** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 11:18 pm

lets sue cable companies like adelphia

my service has just gone up $12 a month taking my cable/broadband bill to over $120. (broadband here is $50 and I live to far away for dsl and dialup=shit) I am forced to drop digital cable. now my cable bill is $96 and ever month or so they raise rates, at this rate my cable bill will be over $150/per month in a year unless I drop premium cable and take the basic cable. I do not have a choice to even get dish or ANY satalitte as I live in an apartment and adelphia runs a monopoly in the area with no cable competitors in the area.

by **Ryan** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 3:31 pm

Dish has cut these channels...

http://www.dishnetwork.com/content/programming/updates/index.shtml

by **Irish** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 4:19 pm

Their server is down. Go figure.

by **syribo** » Tue Mar 09, 2004 4:44 pm

I also use Cablevision, or Optimum Online and it is DEFINITLEY one of the fastest cable services I've ever seen

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