Anyone else experienced Dish Network slowing down your DSL internet (due to pay-per-view phone line hookup???)

Question

We've used Verizon DSL for several years without a problem. Just added Dish Network and our internet has slowed down to about dial-up speed. Dish requires you to stay hooked up to a phone line 24/7 (or else pay $5.99 add'l each month) for pay per view service. I was wondering if maybe that had something to do with the slowdown? Anyone else experienced something like this?
Thanks!

We've used Verizon DSL for several years without a problem. Just added Dish Network and our internet has slowed down to about dial-up speed. Dish requires you to stay hooked up to a phone line 24/7 (or else pay $5.99 add'l each month) for pay per view service. I was wondering if maybe that had something to do with the slowdown? Anyone else experienced something like this?
Thanks!

Thanks for the replies. I tried putting the DSL filter between receiver and phone line. I also tried just unplugging the receiver completely. The best speed I've been able to get on speakeasy.net is download 33 kbps and upload 132 kbps. We're paying for the "up to 3 mbps" plan w/ Verizon. I have Spybot and AdAware scheduled to kickoff every morning, and run a regular (once or twice /month) full virus scan (AVG)...the PC stays pretty clean. I don't understand why this slowdown would've happened the day dish was installed. Well, thanks again for the info! Guess I'll try calling Verizon tomorrow...

Answer 1

Dish requires you to hook up a landline for PPV -AND- to make sure additional receivers are in the same household. They just want to stop people from ordering 5 receivers on one account so they can install one in their brother's house, one in their mother's house, one in Bob from work's house and one in their old college roommates house in addition to your own so everyone can just pay the additional receiver fee. If you only have one receiver and rarely watch PPV then you do not need to have a landline hooked up and you won't get charged extra.

On to your problem. When you got DSL, you should have been provided with several filters to be placed in line with your phone jacks at every phone which is used. My guess is that you didn't put one on the jack that the Dish Network receiver is hooked up to. These filters prevent not only the DSL RF signal from interfering with your phones, but will stop interference from going the other direction as well. If you have already done this, then contact Verizon and have them check it out remotely. They will query your modem for signal strength, QOS, and check to make sure your cap is set correctly.

As for the person not getting into their gripe about satellite, my satellite goes out maybe a total of 5 minutes out of an entire year due to weather, if that. My cable (basic for the lesser used rooms) went out the other day and there wasn't even bad weather. It seems like whenever someone in the neighbourhood has a problem, they unhook the hardline from the distribution amplifier serving the subdivision. Plus half the cables are buried in underground conduit which has since cracked, leaks and has rats running through gnawing on the wires. Since there's thousands of meters of this conduit they can't trace down where exactly the problem is and its a real pain to fix. This causes random outages and RF leakage problems where OTA stations will override the cable signal. These kinds of problems you don't run into with satellite. Let's not forget that the cable headend uses satellite dishes to get their programming! If their dishes are caked with snow and ice, you'll get no signal; and I've seen the displays on the several cable channels show the satellite receiver no signal display. Quite comical, really. The satellite signal for all DBS services are 100% digital from the uplink station through the satellite to your house. There is NOT ONE analog station so the picture is as good as it is at the uplink station. Now if some local channel doesn't give Dish a direct digital feed, then it will be analog to the uplink station but you still receive it digitally. There's not much you can do if the source provided is analog! Where cable is really lacking is they'll take the analog source and keep it analog all the way to you which is where all the interference and signal degradation is introduced. This is where digital to the user really shines and why cable is struggling to transmit all of their stations digitally to all the home users. Unfortunately, digital exposes cable's signal flaws even more when users experience blockiness and drop outs instead of static. All Dish installers must get you 100% signal now or they don't get paid for the install.

Answer 2

Dish Dsl Internet

Answer 3

The use of your phone line, either by regular calls or for an occasional call for pay-per-view call, should NOT slow down your DSL connection. I would call Verizon DSL at 1-800-567-6789 for help. You may have a bad modem. (I have gone through 2.) Sometimes it helps to turn off the modem for a minute and turn on again.. Check your speed at: http://www.speakeasy.com/speedtest (My download speed average is 740 from New York to my location.)
I would never personally use Dish Network for many reasons I won't get into. But my one big gripe, is you need to rent a 'cable' box for EVERY TV you use.!! Can also fade out in bad weather. Not all stations are in phase or stereo, and they are NOT all digital, like some ads imply. Your slowdown could also be caused by junk, adware, spyware, or excessive 'temp' files on your computer.

Answer 4

Yes , it is called "Naked DSL". But the rates can be higher then having phone and DSL combined. Try dropping your telephone service to the lowest possible service tier. Here it is only $12 a month. Add $15 a month for DSL = Good Deal.

Answer 5

try resetting your modem