at the beginning when i subscribed to dish net i was told my bill would be 24.99 a month my first bill was 40+ dollars my contract is about to expire in the next 6 mths and they have never billed me as they were supposed too from the beginning not to mention about 1time ever 3 mths i get an extra bill stuck on to my bill i currently pay 64.74 a mth my bill for this mth is 126.62 i was told it would never exceed the price of cable that i paid 50.00 a mth for and when i have completed my contract with dish net they are sooooo fired and i will never be a customer of theirs again

The DISHNet bill reveals amazing charges they never tell you about. These people have gone mad. Are they fighting off bankruptcy? Is someone skimming the profits? In addition to substantial charges for the channels we subscribe to, there are these additional monthly charges, with a new one added every few months:

"Solo receiver" (new name) for each converter box $5 (HD box $7)
DVR Service $5.98 (not honest enough to say $6)
Failure to have a land line telephone connected to your box $5 (really!)
"Protection plan" for voodoo economics service discount $5.99 (not $6)
HD enabling fee for NOT subscribing to HD programming $5 (really)
"Service Access Fee" to allow you to buy specialty programming $6 (what in hell is that?)

PLUS 1-time "Transaction fees" to make account changes, to wit:
$5 to remove programming
$5 to order a PPV (+ the PPV charge!)
$5 to pay your bill by credit card
$9.99 to pay your bill by phone, (not $10, oh no)
$10 to remove adult programming

I dug into this when I contemplated upping my Classic Gold 250 service to HD, and tried to find out how much that would cost per month. Forget it; that information is available no where. Their attitude is subscribe, pay whatever we ask, and shut up.

And after discovering charges like $5 for NOT subscribing to HD, and $5 for NOT having a landline, I'll be canceling DISHNet. I have Comcast cable. On cable, HD is free, DSR is free, I don't have to buy any equipment, replacements are free if things go bad, and service calls are free.

One other difference: here in central Virginia the Comcast service technicians know what they are doing and are very good - and are free. The DISHNet people (the 5 I've known) are poorly trained tyros with little experience - and cost a bundle to bungle the job.

On 10/01/2007 my bank account was debbitted $286.30 when my bill was only $143.15.I called and asked why my account had been debitted the $286.30 and my bill was only $143.15 And was told that i had given permission to dishnet to debit that amount. I talked to a customer service agent name Patrict and told him that i never gave dishnet permission to debit my account double what was olded. Patrict said that he was sorry and couldn't put the money back into my account after i requested it because the debit had not been posted yet and to call back on 10/02/2007 after the debit has been posted and dishnet would refund me. when i called back on 10/02/2007 and spoke to someone who says His name was Patrict He told me that dishnet couldnot refund the over payment until 7-10 business days. I explained that i need the money back into my account that day as i had never given permission for it to be taken out in the first place and it could cause other checks that i have out to bounce. I was told that he was sorry but policy was refund are given 7-10 business days later. after going through one or two other personal
i was finally told that it was a glich in their computors. I was treated very rudly and with total disrespect from the final represented that i spoke to who said her name was Anveria. she was suppose to be from their CORPRATE OFFICE and gave her phone number as 720-514-7944. this is the worse customer service i have even seen.