Dish!

Thanks ComcastCares1 for the offer, but I shouldn’t have to climb a ladder to get basic help.  My TV subscription has been canceled and everything, including installation, is to be credited to my account.  My cable didn’t even work at all the past two days – not even a crappy signal…no signal at all.  They are coming to get their equipment today.  The Digital Voice is next to go -  $10/month > $45/month in favor of T-Mobile@Home.  If someone else would move in the area, my Internet service would be next.  DSL doesn’t do it for me, so I’ll just have to wait.  250GB/month is a lot of bandwidth, but I’d rather not be limited, regardless of my usage.  I pay for service – not a bandwidth allotment.  I’ve never had much of an issue with Comcast until moving to Lawrenceville.  I’m guessing it has to do with the fact that they’re the only service provider in my area.  If we’re fed crap, they expect us to eat it or starve.

Dish Network came out yesterday and after about 3.5 hours, finished my install.  I now have America’s Top 200+locals and the SilverHD package with a DVR in the bedroom and receiver in the TV room.  The poor guy had to reinstall one dish twice to clear my trees and he did this 30ft in the air on the edge of my roof.  I got  VIP-612 DVR and VIP-211 receiver for the equipment.  So far, the signal is very good and the picture looks terrific.  The only issue I’ve encountered thus far is with the Harmony 670 remote and the VIP-612 DVR – I couldn’t get it to work at all.  I’m pretty sure, after some Googling, that it’s just set to URF remote mode and I need to change it to IR and set it to 01 for the address…or something like that.