[veryoldschool]

This is a new one: "Wind fade"?
Comcast seems to be reaching just a bit here.
Besides the "ugly dish", & "rain fade", they've now come up with "wind fade" in their ad as a reason not to use a SAT service. :lol:

 

[houskamp]

They're scrambling for coustomers

 

[Mike Bertelson]

Don't forget interference from stray quarks... :lol:

 

[Steve Robertson]

Amazing

 

[ansky]

Wind fade actually happens. It happened to me right after my Slimline was installed. The installer didn't tighten the bolts enough, so my dish was swiveling just enough to cause the signal to go in and out.

 

[veryoldschool]

Wind fade actually happens. It happened to me right after my Slimline was installed. The installer didn't tighten the bolts enough, so my dish was swiveling just enough to cause the signal to go in and out.

This must be a one in a million case. Especially if it came back when the wind died down.
Unlike rain fade that is a valid problem.

 

[evan_s]

Wind fade is only going to happen with an improper install. Fix the install and it won't happen. Rain fade on the other hand can happen even with a perfect install but it should be a lot less common with the perfect install.

 

[Justin23]

I'll bend over near the dish and show ya wind fade. Ba-Zing!!

!rolling

J

 

[say-what]

Wind fade actually happens. It happened to me right after my Slimline was installed. The installer didn't tighten the bolts enough, so my dish was swiveling just enough to cause the signal to go in and out.

What you're describing is a faulty installation. You don't get "wind fade" if your dish is properly installed. Comcast is obviously trying to convince people that "wind fade" will happen to all dishes, which is not true.
While "rain fade" is an issue, the outages are not as frequent or bad as cable would lead one to believe (every time it rains).

 

[curt8403]

Don't forget interference from stray quarks... :lol:

oh, and what about the 'Divine Wind" Kamakazi

 

[veryoldschool]

oh, and what about the 'Divine Wind" Kamakazi

That was only a problem outside of the DirecTV service area...

 

[justlgi]

Wow, today has been a pretty negative day. Prior to rain I have pretty bad signal problems since having the slimline installed . I can't say if it's wind, high cloud tops... lower frequency signals. But I can say that if I'm trying to watch something and it's interrupted and it's unacceptable. And if someone is here who has cable they don't understand and it turns them off to D* forever.

 

[ddrumman2004]

I knew a guy that lived so far out in the country that he received OTA television signals a day late! Ha ha!

Wind fade....geez!

 

[houskamp]

Wow, today has been a pretty negative day. Prior to rain I have pretty bad signal problems since having the slimline installed . I can't say if it's wind, high cloud tops... lower frequency signals. But I can say that if I'm trying to watch something and it's interrupted and it's unacceptable. And if someone is here who has cable they don't understand and it turns them off to D* forever.

till they get home and find out their cable line is on the ground and they won't have service for 2 weeks..
They all have ups and downs...

 

[AirRocker]

As Ron White would say...

"It isn't that the wind is blowin'..... It's what the wind is blowin'." :lol:

 

[Matt9876]

As Ron White would say...

"It isn't that the wind is blowin'..... It's what the wind is blowin'." :lol:

+1

 

[JeffBowser]

If the rain is coming in from the SW, then you SHOULD lose signal PRIOR to rain, and regain it when the rain actually arrives. This pretty much describes how my rain fade works in my neck of the woods. You can predict weather using your 771 messages :lol:

Wow, today has been a pretty negative day. Prior to rain I have pretty bad signal problems since having the slimline installed . I can't say if it's wind, high cloud tops... lower frequency signals. But I can say that if I'm trying to watch something and it's interrupted and it's unacceptable. And if someone is here who has cable they don't understand and it turns them off to D* forever.

 

[justlgi]

till they get home and find out their cable line is on the ground and they won't have service for 2 weeks..
They all have ups and downs...

Rarely does this happen daily as it does with D* when it rains. I know it has to do with my area and the fact that we have after noon storms. But I didn't have the issue pre HD, and I do now.

Mine has been out for about 10 -15 minutes a day (when it rains).

I actually posted in another thread about the issues my parents were having with cable and their service going out (encouraging someone to get D*) ... I don't like Comcast and agree that D* is better but I'm not going to fanboy up and jump in and say that everything is hunky-dory. But it's a hard sell right now and that's not going to change with everyone sitting on their thumbs saying "Mine's Great!"

I think when it rains a little during football season you'll see more gripes on here.

 

[justlgi]

If the rain is coming in from the SW, then you SHOULD lose signal PRIOR to rain, and regain it when the rain actually arrives. This pretty much describes how my rain fade works in my neck of the woods. You can predict weather using your 771 messages :lol:

That's exactly how it works, doesn't mean it should.

 

[MLBurks]

I have seen commercials from Charter that tell you to "Ditch the dish" while showing a satellite dish on a flimsy pole blowing all over the place in appears to be 5-10 MPH wind. Pathetic.