Dish Receiver Compatibilty with Pay As You Go

sloman2001 wrote:
I have the Travler SK-1000 dish using the VIP211K. I want to get the Hopper with the built in DVR compatibilities. I know this combination works according to Dish, but my question is:

1) Is this still compatible with the Pay As You Go Service?

For compatibles with Pay As You Go a Hopper receiver might not work. I used to have prepaid service and switch in June to Pay As You Go. I was using a ViP612 DVR with the post paid account and wanted to keep using in with the new account. When I switch and set up a new account with the Dish for my RV they could not activate the account with the ViP612 receiver and referred me to Dish tech support. Working with Dish they also were not able to activate the account also and after a few call transfers they determined that with Pay As You Go accounts only a DISH ViP 211z receiver is authorized. At least that's what happened to me. Best to call and Dish for my RV to find out. Same for switch local channels. I keep my line up as I have at home and just use the crank up roof antenna for locals.

I did not utilize auto pay or any other such feature for billing and my service stopped on schedule a few weeks ago. No call required to pay and reactivate all I did was pay via the web site and the service came back in a few minutes.