I left DISH in June of 2014 and endured phone calls and mail flyers for about six months and then they finally stopped. In fact I cannot recall how long it has been since I got any junk mail from either sat company or retailer. I was a happy DISH customer until I was moved to the Eastern Arc, and constant signal outages that their techs could not solve. If they had I would still be with them, but I am now with Charter and very happy with their service that is bundled with phone and Internet.