# Rumors of a Dish Network™ rate hike.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumors-of-a-dish-network-rate-hike/522388>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 23, 2009, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumors-of-a-dish-network-rate-hike/522388 "2009-12-23T23:13:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumors-of-a-dish-network-rate-hike/522388/1 "2009-12-23T23:13:38Z")

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There is a fairly good forum, [dbstalk.com](http://dbstalk.com) where people discuss Dish problems, among other things.

On that forum they are batting around a rumor of a rate hike February first.

Also do you have minor gripes about Dish such as invalid warnings about telephone connections?

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**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2009, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumors-of-a-dish-network-rate-hike/522388/2 "2009-12-24T23:11:13Z")

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Today’s rumor is that yesterdays rumor was very bad and today’s rumor is less bad. Seems no one except insiders have heard about it?

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**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumors-of-a-dish-network-rate-hike/522388/3 "2009-12-25T03:07:24Z")

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I’m not sure how to factually answer a question of a rumor; but as to the other question, no, I haven’t been having any problems with my Dish DVR/decoder.

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**Author:** ![roxnj5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@roxnj5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roxnj5)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2009, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rumors-of-a-dish-network-rate-hike/522388/4 "2009-12-25T03:42:52Z")

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There are usually rate hikes after the 1st of the year, more with cable companies then with satellite companies… but i know my aunt has directv and they are raising her a bit after Feb 1, so it is possible