Another DISH Outage
August 23, 2007
Wednesday nights primetime was cut short for Dish Network customers, as the satellite giant had its second major outage in four days.
On Saturday afternoon Dish Network customers lost most of their channels for close to two hours. On Wednesday night at 10:30 PM Eastern Time service was lost again for just under a half hour.
A spokesperson for Dish Network stated that the outages "were weather related."
Indeed looking at the weather radar and weather reports for Cheyenne, Wyoming (the location of Dish Network’s main uplink) confirmed that weather was indeed the culprit. Many retailers from around the country had a hard time explaining why a storm in Wyoming would knock out television when their local weather was clear.
One retailer told me that his phone was ringing off the hook for both of the outages. The retailer (who asked not to be identified) said he was happy when the signal came back on, as he could finally get some peace and quiet because his phone had finally stopped ringing.
Free STARZ Preview This Weekend on Dish Network
Dish Network Customers can enjoy a free STARZ weekend starting today on channels 291 through 297.
Viewers will be able to tune in to top movies such as Talladega Nights, Flight Plan, and The Da Vinci Code. The Dish Network / STARZ free preview runs through Sunday.
Are you a Cool Parent?
Tonight’s the night you can show your kids friends that your a cool parent. Tonight is the night that DirecTV presents High School Musical 2 in full high definition.
Show your kids how cool your really are and have your self a High School Musical 2 sleep over, order some pizzas and get the kids around the HDTV tonight at 9 PM or Midnight (Eastern Time) and enjoy!
High School Musical 2 in HD premiers tonight exclusivly on DirecTV channel 101. For other dates and times please check DirecTV.COM.
Oh, and save me a slice of pepperoni pizza!
Have a great weekend we will see you next week here at Multichannel.COM!
Posted by Scott Greczkowski on August 23, 2007 |
Comments (3)
9/14/2011 12:20:24 PM EDT
In response to:
Another DISH OutageDave commented:
You think this is bad, wait till the coming solar flares get here.
8/24/2007 1:48:04 AM EDT
In response to:
Another DISH Outagerockymtnhigh commented:
I am guessing the electrical storms are messing with some other electrical issue they are having up there. But as David suggests, its probably more than just thunderstorms causing outages. Hopefully they have the situation under control.
8/23/2007 11:16:28 PM EDT
In response to:
Another DISH OutageDavid Bott commented:
Something seems fishy with this Dish Network outage. For years, we have not had outages like this, but in less than two weeks time, we have two. Is there something Dish is not telling us?
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