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Medium to heavy rain attenuates the signal from the satellite, leading to blockiness of the picture or total loss of the signal. Snow on the dish may also lead to a total loss of signal. IMO, the satellite TV systems were designed with insufficient margin for signal loss due to rain/snow. I also found when having multiple TVs, the Dish controls interfered with each other, possibly even between neighbors using the Dish system. I didn't have that problem with Direct TV. My information on the Dish controls is a number of years old, so things may be different now. I do not like cable all that much, but I won't go back to satellite TV.
Just a couple of years ago, I was in Boulder, CO for a business trip. My hotel had satellite TV. We had a 8-12" of snowfall overnight and the satellite TV service was out, for days, until the hotel management could get somebody to clear their dish.
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Last edited by Jim Richards; 08-08-2012 at 03:25 AM..
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