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OK, I've got the receiver and antenna on order. Who do you recommend I get the RV Dish subscription service from?
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DougE wrote:
OK, I've got the receiver and antenna on order. Who do you recommend I get the RV Dish subscription service from?
we set up our account with Solid Signals (877-312-4547) rather than with DISH. VERY knowledgeable persons, no language barriers or other issues. be sure they set up your account as an RV account which will allow you to change your SERVICE location anytime you like in order to get whatever local channels there are in whatever area you find yourself in spot-beamed to you. An RV account should automatically be set up as a pay-as-you-go account but double check that it is.
Once your account is active i would recommend setting up on-line access which is where you can pay your bill, change your subscription and so forth. unless you're fulltime and want the service on 24/7/365 I would recommend that you NOT place your credit or debit card on file with DISH. DISH is like a lot of other buy once/pay forever services in that they will automatically charge your credit/debit card when the bill is due.
assuming you are NOT full-timing when you're back from a trip and want to shut down the service just don't pay the bill and the service will stop at the end of the current month. don't bother with putting the service "on suspension" as that is for residential customers who may be away from home for X-weeks on vacation, etc. plus if you subscribe to HBO or similar channels for a special price putting your account on suspension will delete that special price whereas just not paying the bill will preserve the special price. you don't have to talk to anyone shut down your service...just don't pay the bill. one caveat to this...if your account is unpaid for 90-days your online account will be deactivated but not deleted. when you're ready to turn the service back on and the service has been off for 90-days you'll need to call DISH and pay your bill. that will resume your service and re-activate your online account. If it's been off for less than 90-days just go online and pay the bill to re-activate your service.
