| Rain Fade Myth We never had that problem with DirecTV It took a bad t-storm to knock it out. If it did it was just for a few mins. Sounds like a myth Comcast made up to keep from loosing customers to Sat. DirecTV offers a good deal and DVR that Comcast can't match without having to bundle internet and their overpriced phone service. |
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 baineschile2600 ways to livePremium
join:2008-05-10
Sterling Heights, MI | I had it here in MI for about a year, and the snow used to knock it out all of the time |
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 DataDocMy avatar looks like me, if I was 2D.Premium
join:2000-05-14
Greenville, NC
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| said by baineschile:I had it here in MI for about a year, and the snow used to knock it out all of the time Hose the dishes off. Worked for me when I lived in MD. And try waxing them, the snow slides right off, and takes only a few more minutes while you're up there cleaning the gutters. |
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You can also use dish covers that keeps snow from building up on the dish.
»www.wedgiecovers.com/index.html |
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wh5916
join:2006-02-09
Newport News, VA
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said by Rob2647 :
We never had that problem with DirecTV It took a bad t-storm to knock it out. If it did it was just for a few mins. Sounds like a myth Comcast made up to keep from loosing customers to Sat. DirecTV offers a good deal and DVR that Comcast can't match without having to bundle internet and their overpriced phone service.
Same here...with a properly aimed dish, conditions have to be mighty extreme for the signal to disappear completely.
I've been a DBS subscriber for over 10 years now--out of control pricing will eventually drive me away from subscription television altogether, but "rain fade" would never be a reason for dropping satellite.
In a brochure distributed over a decade ago by Cox, they recommended that you subscribe to Primestar DBS service if you felt that you had to have satellite TV. Small wonder, as Primestar was owned by a handful of cable companies at the time...though Cox didn't give that as one of the reasons for subscribing. |
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