How many of those people are "captive" through agreements that penalize them for leaving? The reality is that there are PLENTY of unhappy Dish customers just waiting for the opportunity to leave because Dish no longer provides them with the same content they used to have and enjoy.
Dish has saved over $150m this year by not carrying the RSN's. How much have YOU gotten back? Did your bill get reduced? Any way you cut it, the customer is getting ripped off on this deal: they are getting less content and still paying full price. And yes, Dish's one-sided agreements allow for it to happen - but that doesn't make for happy, long-term customers.
Unless something changes (and in a hurry), I plan on leaving the second I get an affordable opportunity to do so. I've given them more than enough chances to get this deal done (something they claim they are pursuing). The reality is quite clear that it's all lip-service to string people along and keep they paying for the content they no longer deliver. Use the feedback at the never-updated dishpromise.com website - and you'll see that you don't even get a courtesy e-mail letting you know they've received your message. Even the Dish website still gives you the dishonest impression that the regional sports channels are still available: https://my.dish.com/support/services/tv/sports/regional-channels
I refuse to be taken advantage of like this and will vote with my feet. And if you don't think there are many others out there like me, just take a look at what gets the highest ratings week-in and week-out: it's sports. Eventually, people will reach the end of their agreements and they will leave. Just like I plan to.
