DISH becomes World's largest company to accept bitcoin

[Guido]

http://www.coindesk.com/dish-becomes-worlds-largest-company-accept-bitcoin/

the good news keeps a coming bitches 

[nkocevar]

http://www.coindesk.com/dish-becomes-worlds-largest-company-accept-bitcoin/

the good news keeps a coming bitches 

this is great news! Lets see how this effects the price today. Hopefully yall have bought up some coins cause today you will be making some money (i think)!

[rafamadeira]

CHOOO CHOOO... hope the price keeps U$600- until my next salary

[vpitcher07]

This is the best news in a really long time. HUGE company with a HUGE market cap. Good job dish and coinbase.

[sclaggett]

While positive news I would be surprised if this would push the price of Bitcoins.  It was a very simple way for them to try and attract a few new customers.  Unless you are a miner with a need to spend bitcoins paying via a credit card is still simpler. 

The US laws detract from consumers using it for this type of payment as well.  Wait until  a regular consumer realizes they need to track capital gain transactions for every monthly payment.  Like they need more paperwork.

Good news but more of a marketing headline to help battle the negative bitcoin news for consumers.  Further, there is no mention of a discount for paying with bitcoins.

[QuestionAuthority]

Yippee! The American centralized absorption of Bitcoin is almost complete. Soon there will be no difference between Bitcoin and the American dollar. Coindesk will just swap you between them seamlessly as long as your birth certificate, blood sample and semen are on file.

[yonce]

Will be interesting to see how active DISH customers will be once they start accepting it. I imagine DISH will announce how much they process in Bitcoin each month once it happens? Very good news for sure to have such a large company accepting Bitcoin for a regular ol monthly bill for millions and millions of people.

[ranlo]

Will be interesting to see how active DISH customers will be once they start accepting it. I imagine DISH will announce how much they process in Bitcoin each month once it happens? Very good news for sure to have such a large company accepting Bitcoin for a regular ol monthly bill for millions and millions of people.

This is pretty awesome, and it gives a great benefit (if it's played out properly): people can order their PPV pr0n and use Bitcoin so their wife doesn't find out!

[matt608]

Very encouraging!  This will get other business looking into integrating bitcoin payment too.  Soon it will be a race to allow payment in bitcoin.

[blatchcorn]

Very encouraging!  This will get other business looking into integrating bitcoin payment too.  Soon it will be a race to allow payment in bitcoin.

This.  It will be literally a moon race 

[yonce]

Will be interesting to see how active DISH customers will be once they start accepting it. I imagine DISH will announce how much they process in Bitcoin each month once it happens? Very good news for sure to have such a large company accepting Bitcoin for a regular ol monthly bill for millions and millions of people.

This is pretty awesome, and it gives a great benefit (if it's played out properly): people can order their PPV pr0n and use Bitcoin so their wife doesn't find out!

haha!

It's great news for sure to get bitcoin acceptance for one of the most common monthly bills anyone pays. It'll be even more wonderful once other television providers and cell phone carriers do so as well.

[Ron~Popeil]

Awesome! If they had NFL Sunday Ticket I would switch. Hopefully Direct TV follows suit.

[ranlo]

Will be interesting to see how active DISH customers will be once they start accepting it. I imagine DISH will announce how much they process in Bitcoin each month once it happens? Very good news for sure to have such a large company accepting Bitcoin for a regular ol monthly bill for millions and millions of people.

This is pretty awesome, and it gives a great benefit (if it's played out properly): people can order their PPV pr0n and use Bitcoin so their wife doesn't find out!

haha!

It's great news for sure to get bitcoin acceptance for one of the most common monthly bills anyone pays. It'll be even more wonderful once other television providers and cell phone carriers do so as well.

I brought this up because people call the call centers for DirecTV all the time to ask if they can pay off their pr0n bill without it showing up on their statement (ie. "can I pay it right now and act like it never happened?") so that their family doesn't find out. And people also call and claim they didn't order it and it was their son/daughter/neighbor/pet.

[atc1]

Will be interesting to see how active DISH customers will be once they start accepting it. I imagine DISH will announce how much they process in Bitcoin each month once it happens? Very good news for sure to have such a large company accepting Bitcoin for a regular ol monthly bill for millions and millions of people.

This is pretty awesome, and it gives a great benefit (if it's played out properly): people can order their PPV pr0n and use Bitcoin so their wife doesn't find out!

haha!

It's great news for sure to get bitcoin acceptance for one of the most common monthly bills anyone pays. It'll be even more wonderful once other television providers and cell phone carriers do so as well.

Though I am kinda skeptical of how much of a percentage of their customers will actually use it to pay their monthly bills, it'd be real great if other carriers followed suit. Would make it so much easier for some of us.

[Ron~Popeil]

Will be interesting to see how active DISH customers will be once they start accepting it. I imagine DISH will announce how much they process in Bitcoin each month once it happens? Very good news for sure to have such a large company accepting Bitcoin for a regular ol monthly bill for millions and millions of people.

This is pretty awesome, and it gives a great benefit (if it's played out properly): people can order their PPV pr0n and use Bitcoin so their wife doesn't find out!

haha!

It's great news for sure to get bitcoin acceptance for one of the most common monthly bills anyone pays. It'll be even more wonderful once other television providers and cell phone carriers do so as well.

I brought this up because people call the call centers for DirecTV all the time to ask if they can pay off their pr0n bill without it showing up on their statement (ie. "can I pay it right now and act like it never happened?") so that their family doesn't find out. And people also call and claim they didn't order it and it was their son/daughter/neighbor/pet.

I can't believe that people still pay for porn. It is so widely available on the internet for free. Er that's what a friend told me anyway. 

[ranlo]

Will be interesting to see how active DISH customers will be once they start accepting it. I imagine DISH will announce how much they process in Bitcoin each month once it happens? Very good news for sure to have such a large company accepting Bitcoin for a regular ol monthly bill for millions and millions of people.

This is pretty awesome, and it gives a great benefit (if it's played out properly): people can order their PPV pr0n and use Bitcoin so their wife doesn't find out!

haha!

It's great news for sure to get bitcoin acceptance for one of the most common monthly bills anyone pays. It'll be even more wonderful once other television providers and cell phone carriers do so as well.

I brought this up because people call the call centers for DirecTV all the time to ask if they can pay off their pr0n bill without it showing up on their statement (ie. "can I pay it right now and act like it never happened?") so that their family doesn't find out. And people also call and claim they didn't order it and it was their son/daughter/neighbor/pet.

I can't believe that people still pay for porn. It is so widely available on the internet for free. Er that's what a friend told me anyway. 

That's only good when you're playing solo. What about when you're having a mandingo party?! Think outside the box, my friend. Now you can have all the enjoyment anonymously (at least I hope?) with DISH!

[QuestionAuthority]

Will be interesting to see how active DISH customers will be once they start accepting it. I imagine DISH will announce how much they process in Bitcoin each month once it happens? Very good news for sure to have such a large company accepting Bitcoin for a regular ol monthly bill for millions and millions of people.

This is pretty awesome, and it gives a great benefit (if it's played out properly): people can order their PPV pr0n and use Bitcoin so their wife doesn't find out!

haha!

It's great news for sure to get bitcoin acceptance for one of the most common monthly bills anyone pays. It'll be even more wonderful once other television providers and cell phone carriers do so as well.

I brought this up because people call the call centers for DirecTV all the time to ask if they can pay off their pr0n bill without it showing up on their statement (ie. "can I pay it right now and act like it never happened?") so that their family doesn't find out. And people also call and claim they didn't order it and it was their son/daughter/neighbor/pet.

I can't believe that people still pay for porn. It is so widely available on the internet for free. Er that's what a friend told me anyway. 

That's only good when you're playing solo. What about when you're having a mandingo party?! Think outside the box, my friend. Now you can have all the enjoyment anonymously (at least I hope?) with DISH!

Have a lot of Mandingo parties do you?

BTW: Bitcoin isn't an anonymous payment system. Cash is.

[ranlo]

Will be interesting to see how active DISH customers will be once they start accepting it. I imagine DISH will announce how much they process in Bitcoin each month once it happens? Very good news for sure to have such a large company accepting Bitcoin for a regular ol monthly bill for millions and millions of people.

This is pretty awesome, and it gives a great benefit (if it's played out properly): people can order their PPV pr0n and use Bitcoin so their wife doesn't find out!

haha!

It's great news for sure to get bitcoin acceptance for one of the most common monthly bills anyone pays. It'll be even more wonderful once other television providers and cell phone carriers do so as well.

I brought this up because people call the call centers for DirecTV all the time to ask if they can pay off their pr0n bill without it showing up on their statement (ie. "can I pay it right now and act like it never happened?") so that their family doesn't find out. And people also call and claim they didn't order it and it was their son/daughter/neighbor/pet.

I can't believe that people still pay for porn. It is so widely available on the internet for free. Er that's what a friend told me anyway. 

That's only good when you're playing solo. What about when you're having a mandingo party?! Think outside the box, my friend. Now you can have all the enjoyment anonymously (at least I hope?) with DISH!

Have a lot of Mandingo parties do you?

BTW: Bitcoin isn't an anonymous payment system. Cash is.

What's a mandingo party?

And you can't pay DISH with cash as far as I'm aware.

FWIW, the point wasn't anonymity in terms of who you're paying, but rather what you're paying for. A big issue with DISH/DTV/etc. is that when you do PPV, it will show up on your bill because they have to run it through the credit card. Granting the secrecy of allowing you to pay off certain items with BTC and have them removed altogether would be an awesome benefit (for others, not me).

[QuestionAuthority]

Will be interesting to see how active DISH customers will be once they start accepting it. I imagine DISH will announce how much they process in Bitcoin each month once it happens? Very good news for sure to have such a large company accepting Bitcoin for a regular ol monthly bill for millions and millions of people.

This is pretty awesome, and it gives a great benefit (if it's played out properly): people can order their PPV pr0n and use Bitcoin so their wife doesn't find out!

haha!

It's great news for sure to get bitcoin acceptance for one of the most common monthly bills anyone pays. It'll be even more wonderful once other television providers and cell phone carriers do so as well.

I brought this up because people call the call centers for DirecTV all the time to ask if they can pay off their pr0n bill without it showing up on their statement (ie. "can I pay it right now and act like it never happened?") so that their family doesn't find out. And people also call and claim they didn't order it and it was their son/daughter/neighbor/pet.

I can't believe that people still pay for porn. It is so widely available on the internet for free. Er that's what a friend told me anyway. 

That's only good when you're playing solo. What about when you're having a mandingo party?! Think outside the box, my friend. Now you can have all the enjoyment anonymously (at least I hope?) with DISH!

Have a lot of Mandingo parties do you?

BTW: Bitcoin isn't an anonymous payment system. Cash is.

What's a mandingo party?

And you can't pay DISH with cash as far as I'm aware.

FWIW, the point wasn't anonymity in terms of who you're paying, but rather what you're paying for. A big issue with DISH/DTV/etc. is that when you do PPV, it will show up on your bill because they have to run it through the credit card. Granting the secrecy of allowing you to pay off certain items with BTC and have them removed altogether would be an awesome benefit (for others, not me).

Your right you can't pay with cash. Anonymity will never be a factor with cable service. They know where you live. Method of payment has nothing to do with what shows up on your monthly invoice. You could pay them with whole fried chickens and your bill would still say playboy channel.

[ranlo]

Your right you can't pay with cash. Anonymity will never be a factor with cable service. They know where you live. Method of payment has nothing to do with what shows up on your monthly invoice. You could pay them with whole fried chickens and your bill would still say playboy channel.

Where do you live that allows you to pay in chicken?!

And this is a big problem with the providers; you should be able to erase purchases by paying for them. If for no other reason than personal privacy. Once the purchase is made, it's over. There's no reason to have it lingering.