Dish once again offering distant networks

[Dutch_12078]

As of July, Dish Network is once again offering distant networks with only the LA locals available so far for $10/month. The LA DNS is carried in HD on the western arc 119 degree satellite. The NYC locals are also on 119 in SD, making me wonder if they might offer them again as well eventually.

Now Available: Distant Network Service in HD

[TechWriter]

RollandB wrote:
Distant networks would be good if you are in an area where you can't get any channels. We are in a spot that the channel scan resulted in Zero channels

I think you're talking about OTA stations.

With DISH, you can just contact them and have your Service Address changed so that you receive local channels where you're currently camped via your sat dish.

[RollandB]

Distant networks would be good if you are in an area where you can't get any channels. We are in a spot that the channel,scan resulted in Zero channels

[Dutch_12078]

If you get the Dish LA DNS, you could cancel your locals and their $10 charge, making the $10 DNS fee a trade-off. Yes, Dish now allows cancelling your locals...

[2oldman]

bobsallyh wrote:
It will also let my wife watch a program on the East time so she doesn't sleep thru the West time.

Record them.

[Bill_Satellite]

BB_TX wrote:
Unless your home town is LA or NYC, I fail to see any reason to get DNS when you can get network channels from the nearest city of your current location and in the correct time zone for where you are at the time. What am I missing?

No phone calls or chat required. No resetting the receiver, and getting the correct address info for that contact. No matter where you park you are watching Network TV with no effort and, in this case, for no additional cost. This might make me move to Dish as DTV is too dang expensive!

[bobsallyh]

As Big Katuna said is why we have the East and West Coast networks, ball games. It will also let my wife watch a program on the East time so she doesn't sleep thru the West time.

[Big_Katuna]

BB_TX wrote:
Unless your home town is LA or NYC, I fail to see any reason to get DNS when you can get network channels from the nearest city of your current location and in the correct time zone for where you are at the time. What am I missing?

Free too.

The only advantage (for me when I had DNS) was that you got more options on sports/football, etc.

[BB_TX]

Unless your home town is LA or NYC, I fail to see any reason to get DNS when you can get network channels from the nearest city of your current location and in the correct time zone for where you are at the time. What am I missing?