How Do I Check If DISH Service Is Available in My Area?

Introduction

DISH is a satellite TV provider that offers a wide variety of television stations which can be accessed with a satellite connection, making them available in areas where cable is not an options. If you want to get hooked up with DISH, you first need to find out whether DISH service is available in your area. There are a few different ways you can go about doing that.

What You'll Need

Satellite reception can sometimes be a tricky thing. If you don't just want to rely on DISH's word about the quality of service in your area, you can ask users of DISH TV who live in your area what they think. There are a number of DISH-related groups on Facebook, Reddit, and other such social media sites. There, you might get a better idea of what DISH service is really like in your area.

Check for a part of your house or apartment with a clear, unobstructed view of the southern sky.

The DISH satellite is to the south or North American customers, so you will need a place to mount the satellite dish with a clear, line-of-sight view of the southern sky. If you do not have this, it is not relevant whether or not DISH service is available in your area in general, because you will not be able to access it from your home specifically.
If you are in doubt whether or not your view of the southern sky is unobstructed enough, call a DISH representative to ask.

Go to the DISH service availability checker page.

DISH service availability checker page
To get help from a person at a DISH retailer, skip to step 6.
To get help over the phone, skip to step 11.

Scroll down until you see the "Search DISH Network availability" section.

Select your state from the drop-down menu.

Follow the prompts to learn whether DISH service is available where you live.

Do not continue with further steps.

Go to the DISH retailer locator.

DISH retailer locator

Enter your ZIP code in the text box that is labeled "Enter ZIP Code."

Choose a distance in miles from the drop-down menu labeled "Distance."

This determines how far outside of your ZIP to conduct the search for DISH retailers.

Click the "Search" button.

Select a convenient nearby DISH retailer from the list provided and go there.

If you do not get any results, increase the distance outside your ZIP that you search and try again.
Ask one of the associates there for help figuring out if you can get DISH service in your area.
Do not continue with additional steps.

You can also get the help of a live person by calling a DISH customer service agent and asking them.

DISH customer service

Conclusion

If you do need to call a DISH customer service agent, be sure to call between 8:00 am and 102:00 pm EST from Monday to Sunday.