DISH Network 3722 Satellite TV System

Pros: Cheapest 'basic cable' replacement package
Cons: Awful service, bad equipment, bad receiver software, works poorly with tivo

Like the other reviewers, I found dish network to be one of the worst products and companies I've had the 'pleasure' of dealing with. By contrast, I had Directv for 7x the time with virtually no problems. I wont belabor the use of the remote ...

Pros: Absolutely none
Cons: Horrible customer service, lies, poor quality and reception, no one listens.

I changed from cable to dish network due to rising cable costs and a guarantee from Dish that the bill for our four tv's (one HDTV) would absolutely not exceed 49.99 per month including everything. Well, received my bill and it is 54.99 per month and ...

Pros: None, go with cable
Cons: Lots of hidden fees, bad service, costly equipment and contracts.

After having there service for a year they charged me 100$ to add a second receiver plus 4.95$ a month for receiver rental. When I needed to set up a third TV 7 months later they said I had exceeded my limit on basic receivers in a 1 year period and ...

Pros: Get a lot of channels good reception, on clear days, for less cost than Direct.
Cons: Customer service and tech phone help is in India. They speak but don't understand English.

II called for customer service; of course the call goes to India. They speak English, to some degree, but they understand very little. I have 2 receivers, and one has been acting up for 2 days. Tonight I called them about 6 times and was hung up on twice ...

Pros: Pinocchio would find a lovely workplace at DN he could grow and grow.
Cons: Were they a 4 alarm blaze, not a drop from this prior customer.

I had a big dish for many years and decided to get a small dish rather than a digital upgrade for the big dish. I ordered Dish Network on the recommendation of my long time big dish provider. They got canned after this too. All went well, until the ...

Pros: sounds like a good idea till it rains and it rains here alot
Cons: Worse install job I ever saw, and dont plan on watching tv if it rains.

The installer took all day on Saturday to do the install and it should have taken 2 hours. The program went out when ever it rained. and I finnally got tired of the satellite wiring falling out on the ground when ever the wind blew. I cancelled
after tucking the cable away for the 100th time.
then I had to clime the ladder to disassemble the unit
or they were going to charge me 100 dollars if i didnt
send them everything back, I had to go under the house
to pull the cables and then I noticed the idiot installer had ripped out a 6 foot by 6 foot section of the insullation to run the cable what a joke, So I called dish network to have them send somebody out to fix the dammage. They told be
i wasnt a customer so they arent going to do anything

Pros: Satellite (other than DISH) may be great if not in rainy area
Cons: Service terrible, co offers low costs then gets you with tricks

DISH network is awful:
You can't get a signal if there is any rain or cloud cover in the area which happens often in S. Florida. Additionally , they are nasty and unwilling to help on the phone. They lie and refuse to answer intelligently about statistics on rain fade in tropical areas and other reasonable questions. They have lots of little "tricks" to try to stick it to you- like $5 a month for ea box not connected to a phone line, and who knows what others. Luckily their true colors were evident to me within the 1st 3 days of the install and I am getting out of the contract- of course they are trying to charge me a $24 cancellation fee. This has been a terrible experience- save yourself the trouble!

Pros: Very little
Cons: They rip you off

I have tried to no avail to get Dish Network to replace MY DVD hard drive recorder they indiscriminately destroyed. Once again Dish TERRIBLE Network has refused to replace or refund me for my equipment I sent to them in error. Despite my filing a Better Busines Bureau Complaint, they simply offer an apology for inconvenience. They took my personal property and destroyed it without any notification to me, in any form, by any route. I mistakenly sent my DVD recorder with a hard drive to them. It looked similar to the dish receiver I was returning to them and I just packed the wrong one. They were both out of my media tower, which I was rearranging after switching to DirecTV. They continue and adamantly refuse to compensate me or replace my DVD recorder with hard drive. They show a total disregard for other's personal property, yet would charge me without hesitation for keeping and destroying their property. 
Now they have come out with a new campaign to lure unsuspecting customers with a $9.99 a month offer. DO NOT BITE.

Pros: I won't use their service
Cons: I won't use their service

To all of you who have been harassed by telemarketers--I sent the following to Dish Network:

"I will report you every time you call me to the "do not call" registry

I will ruin your sales numbers by engaging your sales people for as long as possible with questions about your services...

and I have NO INTENTION of using your services because of your insensitivity to my time with your computer generated calling and recorded sales pitch.

I look forward to speaking with your sales people at about 4 p.m. every day.

I am making it my personal goal to see how long I can waste your people's time.

Letting you know my strategy...

Sincerely,