Subject: Re: Dishnetwork
From: John Luedtke (jp1250@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Aug 23 2000 - 12:07:09 CDT
I am sorry to hear that you are getting negative feedback and appreciate your concerns. I have only received negative responses from three very vocal people. Some of the information that is being put forward is misleading at best and untrue at worst. I understand that people have concerns about a 10 year contract. We are concerned about it too. We intend to address those concerns with Dishnetwork's representative this evening. I will be putting together a list of FAQs to be placed by the mailboxes. I might also forward to the group some of the comments that I have received in the last weeks and our responses which answer many questions.
Thanks for the input.
John Luedtke
Belinda Leeney <leenbel@hotmail.com> wrote:
Board Members & Home Owners,
I am hearing a lot of negative feedback about the Dish Network TV, and, like
Paul, I am not able to attend board meetings due to work commitments.
What is the plan for deciding on whether or not we will sign this 10 year
contract? Are ALL the owners going to be able to put in their vote or ONLY
the board members? Also, is there a way we can vote via an absentee ballot
if we cannot attend the meeting (e.g., vote by email)?
Please let me know.
Thanks,
Belinda Leeney, Unit 704
As a side note, you might all want to take into consideration that if you
choose this one cable provider, then you WILL NOT be able to have any other
choice for cable modem/tv service (if you choose to have it). What are the
chanes that Dish Network provides quality service? Has anyone even tried
them? How would you like to be stuck with horrible cable service for 10
whole years and not have the opportunity to change it?? Do you really want
to limit yourselves?
>From: Paulhome2@aol.com
>To: discuss@vanguardlofts.com
>Subject: Dishnetwork
>Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 00:10:01 EDT
>
>Board Members,
> The issue of the satellite dish has caused me to ask some questions.
>1. Does dish network currently have the capability to offer high speed
>Internet access
>2. If I or other residents do not want this service will we be forced to
>subscribe to it if we want cable.
>3. What are the exact savings by having this service.
>4. Has Prime cable been contacted to see if they will offer a comparable
>deal. I'm sure that they don't want to lose 105 customers without offering
>some kind of discount or brake on their high speed Internet access
>5. What if a better service comes to our area and some residents want to
>switch.
>6. What guarantees do we have that dishnetwork won't hike up their prices
>down the road.
>7. Is dishnetwork HDTV compatible since most TV stations and televisions
>sold
>today are.
>8. How will this contract with dishnetwork affect unit owners when they
>sell
>their units or will it affect them at all.
>9. What happened to our rights to choose for ourselves what we want.
>10. Did someone originally call dishnetwork or was it unsolicited.
>11. If owners want a satellite dish instead of cable, can that dish be
>placed
>on the roof where nobody can see it.
>These are just a few of the concerns that other unit owners and I have
>about
>this discussion. I work the evenings that the board meetings have been held
>on and have not had the opportunity to hear the responses, if any, to these
>questions. Personally, I do not like the idea of limiting my choices by
>signing a 10 year exclusivity contract.
>
>Paul Sanchez
>Unit 615
>
>PS
> Since I cannot attend the board meeting, I would appreciate if another
>unit owner could raise these issues.
>
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