Anyone else's Dish Network acting up? Only like 1/3rd of my channels are showing up and their web page seems ridiculously slow to pull up. Also, all of their support numbers are ringing busy

9/13/2011 8:09:21 PM

i was going to make a thread about Sprint service acting up

everybody panic

9/13/2011 8:15:24 PM

Looks like Twitter saved the day:

dishnetwork DISH Network

Experiencing an interruption affecting the 129 orbital satellite. We are working as quickly as possible to get your channels restored.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/13/dish-network-satellite-129-outage-knocks-out-hd-channels-nationw

[Edited on September 13, 2011 at 8:20 PM. Reason : This is how Independence Day started]

9/13/2011 8:16:22 PM

chicken little called

9/13/2011 8:35:11 PM

and sprint CS saved the day as well... network outage is already being addressed

i guess the world isn't ending after all

9/13/2011 8:35:32 PM

ok ok putting my guns away

9/13/2011 8:59:15 PM

There's always SD for now. Looks like they're migrating channels to other satellites now. Wondering if it got hit by some space junk or something. According to one guy with an analyzer, there's just background noise where that signal used to reside. That doesn't sound good.

DirecTV FTW, for now...

9/13/2011 9:19:31 PM

Quote :

" From the Dish Network site, via DBSTalk ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Sept. 13, 2011 - We are currently experiencing an interruption affecting the 129 orbital satellite location causing an HD signal outage in some areas. We have identified the issue and based on our current estimates, the situation should be corrected overnight and your HD channels should be restored in the morning. In the meantime, you can unplug your receiver from the main power source and plug it back in to see your standard definition channels. We apologize for this inconvenience."

9/13/2011 9:51:57 PM

fucking sprint says the outage won't be fixed until 4pm tomorrow

get out the guns

9/13/2011 10:30:06 PM

Quote :

"We sincerely apologize if you are currently experiencing HD channel loss issues. We are working as quickly as possible to restore your channels. Until these channels are restored you can watch most Standard Definition channels by pressing the menu button on your remote control, and selecting Program Guide. Or you can access your DVR content by pressing the DVR button. If SD channels are not visible in your Program Guide go to http://www.dish.com/outage for instructions."

https://www.facebook.com/dishnetwork

9/13/2011 10:34:23 PM