If you are not a pay in advance customer, then there are no negative impacts of missed payment until after 10 days past due. Also, the bill should be generating and mailing out, 20 days prior to the due date, meaninging a late fee would not apply until after 30 days of the bills generation. You can view, and even print the bill on it’s generation date, and mail in a payment from your mydish.com account, to prevent any negative actions as well. You do not have to pay online, but it is obvious since you are posting here, that you do have online access.