From what I understand Fox Sports has asked Dish Network for a bunch more money for their sports channels. Dish said no so I can't watch Big 12 football anymore... 😞 thinking I may have to drop them and go with Direct... anyone else experiencing this problem in your area..?? 😕

not yet.....fox is a joke anymore.

Ditched the dish and canned the cable. I haven't missed a single game I wanted to watch -- MyP2P; may not be HD, but usually pretty darned good.

I have to admit the picture quality sucked but I was able to watch otherwise not televised games.... they offered me 5 bucks off my bill for the next 6 months for the inconvienence... I told him he could cut my bill in half and would still cancel if he doesn't get my channels back..... we'll see...

Try being a Cablevision LI customer. They yanked the main Fox channel itself off. No Giants game last Sunday for me. My wife had no sympathy for me until she realized no Glee tonight for her. Plus they still don't even carry the NFL network or the Red Zone channel.

Verizon Fios here I come.

I guess I'm gonna have to switch to Direct..

I'll miss Sirius...

Been with DirecTv for over 12 years. Beats DISH and cable! Got NHL and any sport you want! VG customer service too!

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I've got Dish in Tempe. I miss my ASU games, dammit!!!

The picture quality is excellent here and their customer service has never let me down. My wife likes the local Fox 10 News channel and if they don't resolve this by Nov 1 we're going to lose that too. Except for this Fox bs I love my Dish.

I switch between DISH and Directv at the end of each contract.............all the promotional deals are reserved for new customers, so it makes monetary sense to do this........unless you can convince them to give you a deal to keep your business (which I have not been able to do).

Having spent years with both outfits, I can say that I hate DISH Network less than I hate Directtv...................but I hate them both and they both suck absolute ass.

They've been running commercials on the local Fox affiliate

encouraging DISH customers to call DISH and demand that

Fox be available/renewed. At the bottom of the last screen

it says you can also change your provider to Comcast, DirecTV,

or Cablevision if DISH doesn't re-sign with Fox.

The latest DISH ads are "We don't charge extra for HD ! "

That's an attractive policy.

I have used both DISH and DirecTV, and prefer DirecTV but

it's really an ease of use/screen presentation preference.

I like DirecTVs online menus better, although my new box

doesn't let me customize the color scheme of the online Guide.

I get tired of Blue, all of the time. I could choose Burgundy or

Green, as well as Blue, with my old DirecTV box. Also the

program scheduler/Autotune is different/more tedious with the

new box. Oh well.

I don't remember which system is cheaper.

And, yes, they both give better deals to new customers than to

long time loyal customers. That's annoying!

Chemyst 😎

Time Warner Cable doesn't have the NFL network. So I switched to Verizon Fios and I like it.

I get Direct TV thrown in with my rent. Plus the dude ponies up for Sunday ticket for me, too. Pretty good deal.

We be cable-free and dish-free..........an luvin it!

\:d/

I called Dish Network once my contract had expired and told them that Directtv was offering a better deal for equivalent programming. I told them that I planned on canceling their service and switching to Direct for this reason.

They offerred some minor discounts in exchange for me re-entering into a two year deal.

I told them that STILL the offer was nowhere near Directv's promotional offer.

I then went ahead and set up an appointment to have my service switched.

A day before, I called DISH again and told them that I planned on switching to their competitor within a day or two. I told them that if they would give me the same deal they gave to new subscribers, then I would keep them...........a good deal for all involved since they would not be required to install new equipment, etc.

No dice.....so I cancelled.

I went through with the swap to Directv......which is a big deal. A day off work, several hours to install new dish, new receivers, set up, etc......not to mention that DISH had to send prepaid boxes to return all of their equipment.

A week later I got a call from DISH...............they offered me a sweet promotional deal if I would switch back.

(sigh)

I still like the DISH format better.................after months I am still frustrated with directv's interface and slow-ass remote response.

Oh well..............good thing I don't watch much TV.

I think it's all in who you talk to.

I was going to switch from DirecTV to Dish cause of the new subscriber freebies. I call DirecTV and told them what the deal was and the guy seemed less than interested.

Wait a day, call back to DirecTV and asked for retention dept. Got a guy that wanted to give me the keys to the building....$10 off a month for a year, free HD access for 2 years, upgraded DVR, new dish, no lease fee. So I stuck with DirecTV.

I actually pay $12 less per month with a helluva lot better hardware then I did before.

Switching providers will only work until Fox decides to put a gun to the head of your new cable/dish company. The spat in NY is particularly ugly because Fox is demanding a 114% increase in programming fees from Cablevision and will not back down or agree to mediation.

Why the demand for more money all of a sudden..?? are they asking more than ABC or NBC or just wanting to be paid equal..?? 😕

Not sure, Drafter. But a 114% increase seems like a hell of a lot.....I doubt that Fox would have allowed itself to fall so far behind its peers. Who knows? It is suspect, however, that the increase is so huge and that Fox won't even consider mediation.

The guy at Dish I spoke with told me they wanted a 50% increase. I dunno... they really should consider paying before they lose 50,000 customers or more....

I am one of those with Cablevision and I went out bought an indoor antenna and presto got channel 5 and 9 I'm thinking of getting rid of cable and just use the antenna