Dish Network

Reasons to avoid

1. A federal court ordered Dish to pay a record $280 million penalty after the FTC and DOJ found it made millions of illegal telemarketing calls to numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry — the largest civil penalty ever for a Do Not Call violation.ftc.gov2017-06-05
2. In February 2023, a ransomware attack — attributed to Russian gang Black Basta — exposed the personal data of roughly 300,000 people, including Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, bank account details, and email addresses. Dish was sued for failing to implement adequate cybersecurity protections.bleepingcomputer.com2023-03-01
3. A federal class action alleging negligence over the 2023 data breach was allowed to proceed in September 2024, with the court finding plaintiffs adequately stated claims for negligence, negligence per se, and breach of implied contract.bloomberglaw.com2024-09-30
4. The U.S. Department of Labor sued Dish in 2023 for repeatedly refusing to submit its Affirmative Action Program documentation as required of federal contractors — defying compliance requests dating back to 2018.dol.gov2023-08-23
5. Dish has a long pattern of consumer complaints involving deceptive contract extensions, steep early termination fees, difficulty canceling service, and unexplained monthly price increases — including trapping elderly customers in multi-year contracts.bbb.org2026-04-01