Today Tracie and I celebrate our freedom from satellite TV! Over the weekend, I hooked up our second TV to a DTV converter, thereby eliminating the need for Dish Network's expensive bill. All seemed to be well and the TiVos did fine with the local broadcast channel lineup, so after nearly 10 years of being a loyal customer to Dish, I canceled the service.
Why did we decide to pull the plug on Dish? Primarily, the price. The base package alone was $63/month. Add on a second receiver and the "Dish Home Protection Plan" and the total cost actually came to $74/month. That included 250 channels and the local stations, but no premium packages. $74 for 250 channels? How much TV can two people possibly watch? Seriously!
The funny thing is that when I was talking with the customer service agent, she actually offered me a $10/month "local only" package. How does this make sense? I spent $30 on two DTV converters which will now bring me all the local TV I want for no additional cost, and Dish wants me to keep giving them $10/month for the SAME EXACT THING.
Finally, I have two Dish Network receivers for sale. I'll give a good price to anyone who mentions this blog post.
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