I'm as greedy as the next guy when it comes to getting as much HD as possible. But at the sacrifice of quality, that's where I'd like to draw the line. Maybe someone in the know can answer a question for me. Was the failed sat launch in March, actually replaced by E'Star 11, or was E'Star 11 always part of the plan? Dish has obviously been pushing "quantity" in regards to HD programing the last yr, but will it be at the cost of "quality" in the end? I would hope not, but I'm certainly not gonna hold my breath.
Dish obviously knows they will be competing more and more with fibre optics as time goes by. So they absolutley know what their future competition holds. I say future, because fibre optics is still in their infancy, although moving faster than most folks thought they would in terms of availibility. One would be foolish to knock fibre optics. With bandwith being the name of the game, fibre optics holds top honors...hands down. Again, Dish knows fibre optics players are in their rear view mirrors currently, but they know that can easily change in the yrs to come...if they don't figure out how to best deal with them as competitors.
I believe they will have to do it with price. I say price because fibre optics providers will be able to offer bundled pkgs such as internet and phone service which are superior to what Dish can offer. At speeds of roughly 2 TB's, their internet service is the winner and it isn't even close to what is capable via the internet by sat...which is SLOW. Now couple that with a customer getting a discount for bundled services which beat the price of what Dish offers, and you have Dish (as I see it), having only one recourse...to lower prices down the road. They will either lower prices or they will loose cutomers IMO. In all honesty, gonna be a real tough decision a few yrs down the road for me when FIOS actually becomes available. I will be changing my broadband cable ISP as soon as fibre optics gets to my neighborhood. No brainer when speeds are roughly 2 TB.
Been a loyal Dish customer of 8 yrs. But if they want to keep me as a customer down the road, they damn well better get me QUALITY HD...as in picture quality. For now, I'll call things for what they are, a "transition" stage (new birds, failed birds, etc). I can live w/ that. But if next yr, or the yr after, I continue to see many of my HD channels not as crisp as they should be...my bill and services may very well go the way of fibre optics. What's it gonna be Charlie?
Dish obviously knows they will be competing more and more with fibre optics as time goes by. So they absolutley know what their future competition holds. I say future, because fibre optics is still in their infancy, although moving faster than most folks thought they would in terms of availibility. One would be foolish to knock fibre optics. With bandwith being the name of the game, fibre optics holds top honors...hands down. Again, Dish knows fibre optics players are in their rear view mirrors currently, but they know that can easily change in the yrs to come...if they don't figure out how to best deal with them as competitors.
I believe they will have to do it with price. I say price because fibre optics providers will be able to offer bundled pkgs such as internet and phone service which are superior to what Dish can offer. At speeds of roughly 2 TB's, their internet service is the winner and it isn't even close to what is capable via the internet by sat...which is SLOW. Now couple that with a customer getting a discount for bundled services which beat the price of what Dish offers, and you have Dish (as I see it), having only one recourse...to lower prices down the road. They will either lower prices or they will loose cutomers IMO. In all honesty, gonna be a real tough decision a few yrs down the road for me when FIOS actually becomes available. I will be changing my broadband cable ISP as soon as fibre optics gets to my neighborhood. No brainer when speeds are roughly 2 TB.
Been a loyal Dish customer of 8 yrs. But if they want to keep me as a customer down the road, they damn well better get me QUALITY HD...as in picture quality. For now, I'll call things for what they are, a "transition" stage (new birds, failed birds, etc). I can live w/ that. But if next yr, or the yr after, I continue to see many of my HD channels not as crisp as they should be...my bill and services may very well go the way of fibre optics. What's it gonna be Charlie?
