Satellite vs. Cable

MrRetired821 wrote:

Atom Ant wrote:

azjeffh wrote:

Atom Ant wrote:
Even if you have cable at home, you can put satellite in your RV on a as needed basis, providing you buy your equipment. Dish offers the tailgater and a ViP211k receiver that you can activate and deactive by phone.

As I understand this service, you pay for MONTHS that you want to use it. Since we camp 12 months a year, it appears I would pay for a full year even though I only used it for only ~50 nights. Wish they had a pay by the day plan.

No, you pay for the first month in advance. Unused days remain as credit on the account, so when you reactivate the following month, you only have to kick in enough to get it back to the 1 month advance payment. That was how I understood it when I talked to them yesterday, but we are not in the program yet. We are starting with them in May with the RV on a separate account for a Hopper and 2 Joeys.

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We have the same plan under Dish and when you don't need the satellite service you call a 800 number, tell them to stop service and they credit your account. You do have to buy a minimum of one month's service but you don't have to use the entire month. We did have to buy the equipment. Some Dish customer service people try to put your service on hold and charge a fee when you want to stop service. Just explain that your account is for an RV and its pay as you go. I had that problem a couple of times.

Interesting. So what I'm hearing is if I have for example a $60 a month plan and only use it for 3 days, they'll subtract $6 for the 3 days used and the next activation will cost me $6 to keep a full month's payment active.

Found a site call DISHForMyRV and they only had this:
"No Contract. Pay-As-You-Go programming means that you pay only for the months that you need it. Simply stop paying your bill when you no longer need the service. No need to call!"

Thanks, I'm going to look into this further.

Atom Ant wrote:

azjeffh wrote:

Atom Ant wrote:
Even if you have cable at home, you can put satellite in your RV on a as needed basis, providing you buy your equipment. Dish offers the tailgater and a ViP211k receiver that you can activate and deactive by phone.

As I understand this service, you pay for MONTHS that you want to use it. Since we camp 12 months a year, it appears I would pay for a full year even though I only used it for only ~50 nights. Wish they had a pay by the day plan.

No, you pay for the first month in advance. Unused days remain as credit on the account, so when you reactivate the following month, you only have to kick in enough to get it back to the 1 month advance payment. That was how I understood it when I talked to them yesterday, but we are not in the program yet. We are starting with them in May with the RV on a separate account for a Hopper and 2 Joeys.

x2
We have the same plan under Dish and when you don't need the satellite service you call a 800 number, tell them to stop service and they credit your account. You do have to buy a minimum of one month's service but you don't have to use the entire month. We did have to buy the equipment. Some Dish customer service people try to put your service on hold and charge a fee when you want to stop service. Just explain that your account is for an RV and its pay as you go. I had that problem a couple of times.

azjeffh wrote:

Atom Ant wrote:
Even if you have cable at home, you can put satellite in your RV on a as needed basis, providing you buy your equipment. Dish offers the tailgater and a ViP211k receiver that you can activate and deactive by phone.

As I understand this service, you pay for MONTHS that you want to use it. Since we camp 12 months a year, it appears I would pay for a full year even though I only used it for only ~50 nights. Wish they had a pay by the day plan.

No, you pay for the first month in advance. Unused days remain as credit on the account, so when you reactivate the following month, you only have to kick in enough to get it back to the 1 month advance payment. That was how I understood it when I talked to them yesterday, but we are not in the program yet. We are starting with them in May with the RV on a separate account for a Hopper and 2 Joeys.

Atom Ant wrote:
Even if you have cable at home, you can put satellite in your RV on a as needed basis, providing you buy your equipment. Dish offers the tailgater and a ViP211k receiver that you can activate and deactive by phone.

As I understand this service, you pay for MONTHS that you want to use it. Since we camp 12 months a year, it appears I would pay for a full year even though I only used it for only ~50 nights. Wish they had a pay by the day plan.

Even if you have cable at home, you can put satellite in your RV on a as needed basis, providing you buy your equipment. Dish offers the tailgater and a ViP211k receiver that you can activate and deactive by phone.

We have Comcast Cable at home, will some day make a change to satellite. We cat watch most online or with an iPad app, but you need wireless or cell service or you have nothing. Use cell and you really chew up your data plan. We don't watch a lot of TV when camping so are fine with OTA digital. Good luck,

Sorry for double post.

We spend the summer in Colorado and probably off and on 2 months in Amarillo. We want reliable tv. Weve tried all the roof domes which can easily blocked by trees and etc. Finally our dealer introduced us to the tailgater. We got it along with a new receiver.Easy to set up. We love this system. Most cable systems Ive tried at parks just dont cut it.

We spend the summer in Colorado and probably off and on 2 months in Amarillo. We want reliable tv. Weve tried all the roof domes which can easily blocked by trees and etc. Finally our dealer introduced us to the tailgater. We got it along with a new receiver.Easy to set up. We love this system. Most cable systems Ive tried at parks just dont cut it.

Hey takingthe5th you live in a great city love Chicago. I am not a bird watcher either, I play golf and therefore chase birdies. Based on the fact that I am a retired EE I understand all the tech. stuff I was interested in what rv'ers where experiencing in the field.