I gotta say that I do not have a good feeling about this. I too have 3 children that live with Noggin and Nick. When I told my wife what was happening, she was not happy at all. Let E* or Viacom try to explain to my wife, who has to stay at home all day with 3 kids, why she won't be able to get a break from the kids.
Sure, she can read to them, play with them, color with them, but in the end, she also needs some time to take care of the other things that she will need to do, like cooking dinner, or even just sitting down to relax.
I can tell you that if E* does not get this issue resolved within 2 weeks, I will be firing up my old D* receivers.
I can not say the CE is wrong for what he is doing, but neither can I say that he is right. I have to believe that both parties here are partly to blame.
CE should have seen this coming and instead of raising our rates in February, maybe he could have waited until this negotiation was completed, then he could have incorporated any increases with the scheduled increases.
No, I do not want to pay more, but I bet if we would have paid an increse of $3 in one shot, it might not have been as much an issue as if we paid a $2 increase and then 2 months later paid another $1-$2 increase
Again, I do not want to pay more, but I (we all) may have to (whether with E* or D*). Eventually, Viacom will get some increase, whether it be 5%, 10% or 40%, and either way CE will pass those cost onto us.
So if I go back to D*, I will pay more now, but if I stay and wait for E* I will pay more down the line. (I think we all will)
I know, may not be popular, and I do not want to leave Dish, but just as CE has to do what is best for his pockets and company, I have to do what is best for the harmony and equilibrium in my family.
