 UglyFishy Cool Bird
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The Meadow | WildBlue+DISH=Success? OK, I'm just finding myself in a broadband free zone for the first time. 
While researching the choices, my first thought is to prefer simplicity.
If the DirectTV antenna and account can combine with HughesNet in one dish on the roof and one monthly billing account, then that would be better.
Now, if DISH and WildBlue could get together too, THAT would be real competition!
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Now, if DISH and WildBlue could get together too, THAT would be real competition!
For architectural aesthetics, I can appreciate the desire to combine onto one dish to minimize the architectural distraction and better hide the dish.
But for practical purposes, I'd *much* rather have separate services.
Otherwise, one service saddles you to the other.
If work needs to be done (e.g. an upgrade to add more HD channels to the TV) you run the risk of messing up the other service or need a more complicated, expensive mounting.
And they're practically giving away the TV dishes so you gain little in my book.
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UglyFishy Cool Bird
join:2001-12-12
The Meadow | said by Island Jeff: quote:
Now, if DISH and WildBlue could get together too, THAT would be real competition!
For architectural aesthetics, I can appreciate the desire to combine onto one dish to minimize the architectural distraction and better hide the dish. But for practical purposes, I'd *much* rather have separate services. Otherwise, one service saddles you to the other. If work needs to be done (e.g. an upgrade to add more HD channels to the TV) you run the risk of messing up the other service or need a more complicated, expensive mounting. And they're practically giving away the TV dishes so you gain little in my book. Well, the benefit that I am expecting (wishing for) is both simplicity and a combined, cheaper monthly price.
So that's just not happenning you say?
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I think combining on one dish brings complexity and compromise rather than simplicity though and after seeing the starband/dish combined dish back in 2001 won't be going that route ever again myself.
I do have a bit of a bias against dish network after they partnered with starband and sent their dish network installers without meters or proper tools. It seemed like having one more barrier between you and the company actually providing the service rather than something helpful to have.
I much preferred the NRTC wildblue install as those guys knew what they were doing, came with not only the equipment but spares just in case anything didn't work (I'm in a remote location) and did a fantastic pointing and install job in my book. They were installing Internet and knew exactly what they were doing.
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