Satellite Signals in Michigan Being "Fixed"

Apparently Dish is launching a new satellite to improve reception in Michigan and other nearby areas.

Last night we hooked up our new VIP722 and had a lot of problems. For some reason Dish's website could not activate our receiver claiming technical difficulties. I had to call Dish tech support.

While on the phone they were finally able to activate my receiver, but there were 2 strange problems:


The technician had a lot of problems activating the receiver because it kept losing the satellite signal (that was never a problem before)
She said my smart card was part of the problem, had me remove it and told me to not put it back in.


At the end of the call the technician scheduled a service call for Monday to modify my dish for a new satellite they're launching. She said this would improve my reception and clear up any problems.

So that's the interesting news for Michigan residents and probably others living in nearby states.

I still don't know why she had us remove the smart card and never put it back in, but we haven't had any problems viewing any content.

Technitian was blowing some smoke at you.

The new satellite is at the same location as the old satellite but will not be available for 30-45 days.

He was probably running late and didn't want to try to get a better lock on the satellite.

He was probably aiming at 110, 119 and 129 (129 is the one being replaced, but it is not the one necessary for activation and guide downloads).

Where did you hear that the 129 was getting replaced?

BTW, Jim you don't need your 148 wing dish any more.

They just successfully launched a new ceil satellite I think ceil10 which is being put into orbit to replace it's weaker counterpart, 129. As jim stated it will be 30 to 45 days before it is in operation.

They just successfully launched a new ceil satellite I think ceil10 which is being put into orbit to replace it's weaker counterpart, 129. As jim stated it will be 30 to 45 days before it is in operation.


It's CIEL 2.

It's CIEL 2.

Thanks.

Correct. The tech said it would be a while before it was available. *shrug* I found it interesting.

What I find more interesting was that my smartcard is still sitting next to my receiver.

I've already swung the dish pointed at 148 around to 61.5 and unplugged 129 from the D1000.

I don't know what I'll do with it when Ciel-2 is operational at 129.

There won't be any place to point it that I really need, maybe I'll convert it to an uber-UHF antenna. :D