Heh ! I just did the same thing last week . They told me the same as you , waiver request and 45 days. damn playoffs. It's a good thing the Chiefs are out or somebody would be in grave danger!

It sounds like the FCC and your local congress guru could come into the picture, if they decide not to play ball? :evil: It's a shame that a person has to take that much time and raise this much hell to get a freaken TV picture.

That's odd. I wonder if they stopped allowing this because a couple years ago, I managed to get a couple out of market stations. I only kept them for a brief time as they were not HD and that was the whole point of me doing that in the first thing. The one thing that pisses me off about our locals is that the Fox affiliate is not HD yet Dish lists it as HD on their channel lineup.

Drop a few buzzwords like "denying my request is not what the FCC calls ""in the best interest of the viewing public"". Complaints to the FCC carry a lot of weight when the stations think they might get involved.

Your tax dollar funds the FCC. When I retired I started doing part-time consulting work for public safety agencies in my state regarding their licensing with the FCC. Having dealt with the FCC in the last 30 years of my career, I found that they do take their job quite seriously and will act on any citizens complaint, albeit slow at times. They are life and death to broadcasters.

So just inferring you will take the matter to the FCC with extreme prejudice may hurry things along. Make your case that you simple cannot get an acceptable signal from their station your risk/benefits are greatly out of proportion.

Good luck, you sound like me. After a while it just becomes the issues and their failure to act is what counts.

Dish does the land line thing, too. If you don't have one, they simply charge you an extra $5 a month. Its BS if you ask me. One alternative to this is that you could hook up ethernet cable to your router to save you that fee.

That's a large part of it, along with the fact I shouldn't have to miss an NFL playoff game because of their low test, Mickey Mouse signal.

They told me at the time, that the land line is how they upload from the box to see what you have been watching, so they can bill you for it. I don't know dude, now that this dog is on the hunt, I will get to the bottom of all this crap. When someting ticks me off to this point, I always finish what I start.

You go for it, man. And be sure to give us the details. :thumb:

Oh, I will.

There was some great advise in this thread. I would say more than enough to play hardball with, if it comes down to that. Hardball + Ornery = results. :D