Dish Network thinks you're a dumb sucker

And if you live in this house, they're right! They don't have to put their dishes anywhere on the front of your house. They tried this crap at my place years ago (when I watched TV) and I made the guy take it off and move it to the back of the house on the roof, completely out of sight. The only reason they do this is to use your house as a billboard that you pay bloated fees for.

I wrote about this years ago, but I don't understand why people don't question these guys when they come out and -- no doubt as trained to do -- tell you that the only place the ugly gray dish with their logo on it can pick up a signal is -- SURPRISE! -- eye level outside your front door!

In this case, the dish would have a far better line of sight to the satellite if it were placed part way down the back of the roof -- completely out of sight of the street and neighbors! Which of course Dish Network and DIRECTV aren't about to tell you.

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Comments

[Jesse]

I am a Dish Network tech and your assumption of this situation is completely incorrect. The homeowner had to sign a preinstall site survey before the dish went up, they were most likely completely aware of this situation. Often times the only option for the dish mounting location is in the least desirable location. The only reason for this two dish solution is either 1.) they wanted something other than the 119 and 110 satellites or 2.) they wanted the 61.5 or some other secondary satellite that the superdish would not pick up.

[Steve]

Thanks for your visit and comment, Jesse. First of all, my post is not based on an assumption. It's verified fact, based on my own experience with three different Dish Network equipment installations at three different houses. It is also based on my own visual confirmation at countless other houses situated similarly to mine with clear lines of sight to the satellites that would have allowed them to be placed on the rear of the house completely out of sight of the street and other neighbors. But that would hardly be good advertising for Dish now would it?

The tech that did my last installation told me he wanted to put it where he first tried to install it because it was the easiest to get to. I finally offered to pay extra for him to go to a little more trouble and put it somewhere other than directly above my front door (and I'm not kidding - that's where he tried putting it). I don't recall that he accepted any money, but did put it on one side of the house near the back, almost invisible from the street.

[bellcomminc]

this is horse crap!

completely false...
i am a dish network retailer and if this guy knew anything about the matter at all he would know that 90% of the installs and sales for dish network are done buy local retailers of that specific area so unless the dish has a big local phone number stuck on it (which is very very rare, trust me) it would do no use to put it in plain site.
furthermore i have no idea what "bloated" rates you are reffering to but i have been a rep in one way or another for dish for over 10 years and no matter how you slice the pie in a side by side comparison price and product dish network has the compitition beat.
even furthermore, if anyone has a doubt about the capability's of dish networks quality or cost, these guys are the leaders of the market they started the whole freakin "PAY TV" thing when they started building equipment and launching the first satillite's for the first cable companies over thirty years ago and they are the second satellite company to start offering home sattelites ( which are for you to use rather than having the cable company supplie dish's on their property and then pump that signal to every inch of your county )only after building equipment for direct t.v. for a number of years.
so remember that when a new neighborhood goes up way outside of town and your cable company has to put wires in the whole thing even though half will get free cable's and install from us dish guys...

WHO DO YOU THINK PAYS FOR THAT?