When I installed cable I rarely converted a current satellite user over to cable. Maybe 2% of my activation’s. Why would they? Quality? No. Price? No. Channels? No. Unless they did a poor install themselves or had a bad installer, there would be no reason to change back. The ones I did convert were all taking the cable company up on a free install first month free offer with a $200 buy back of the dish and up to $150 amnesty for back debts to the cable company. How long do you think a cable company can keep that up?
As a satellite dish installer, at least HALF of my customers have cable still turned on when I show up to install their dish. I have only had one customer keep both cable and satellite to get the local channels. Not only that, but most of the rest had cable at one time and are now choosing satellite over cable.
When I fire up a dish, people sit and stare in disbelief at the quality of the picture! I always ask “have you ever before had a picture that clear?” and never has a customer said yes, NEVER. Many of them are genuinely shocked that their TV that’s been static ridden for so many years could have such a sweet picture!
> Well, I don't know about everybody else, but I'm not taking a beating. As a matter of fact, there's a big dish network operation right here in town. The only customers i've lost, is the non-paying ones that go to dish after they've been disconnected. Then once they find out that dish can turn them off without even notifying them, they usually come right back to cable. Then there are a couple, but they still have our basic pkg to get their local channels. So even if they o go to dish, we still get some of their money. That's why we survive, we're very creative. We didn't just turn this system on yesterday.
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> > You hardly warrant a reply. Obviously you have nothing substantial to add to the discussion or you would have. The only ones taking a beating right now are the cable companies.
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> > > Onetec, seems like you are a man with limited knowledge. Save yourself a verbal beating. Be sure you know what you are talking about.
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> > > > I hate to break it to you guys, but you can’t back any of that up. How is cable gonna crush dish’s? Quality? Nope, not even close. Price? HA! Service? We all know better than that. Smell the coffee, if cable keeps acting like it still has a monopoly, they will lose this battle
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> > > > > Your right about the cable vs. dish. A Good well maintained system will crush a dish company, But what hurts the cable companys is customer service! and thats what is hurting us,No customers no money! even after a rebuild they do nothing to make sure the customer has a great looking picture. you have to have good drops,good fittings, and a good conection all the way to the back of the TV. And without that, you don't have a good looking picture! At the price's there charging People want good service, And the bottom line is, Untill they do that, They are gona lose a lot of customers. hell you + me woulden't pay for a crappy picture either, And thats the fack! All they care about is numbers not the customer!
