DISH Phone Number

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  • Calls DISH's Customer Service department
  • The average hold time is 16m
  • Hours are Mon-Sun 8am-12am EST
  • The best time to call is 9:05am
  • Popular issues for this call center: Account Access, Overcharge on Account, Cancel Service, Transfer Service, and Lower My Bill.
  • Reach a live DISH agent: Press 1, then 1, 0# each time it asks for an account number then 2 OR Press 1, then ignore prompts completely - just wait, eventually a person will answer.
  • What you hear when you call: Say or enter your Dish account number or phone number, including area code.

What to expect when you call

They may ask you to say or enter information
"Thank you for choosing DISH.
Calls are recorded to improve your experience.
Let's look up your account. If you have a DISH account, or pending installation, say or enter your DISH account number or telephone number with area code."
Excerpt from a call with DISH
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 5:59 PM
They may need to look up your account
"Thank you for choosing DISH.
Calls are recorded to improve your experience.
Let's look up your account. If you have a DISH account or pending in installation, say or"
Excerpt from a call with DISH
Saturday, February 24, 2024 5:32 PM

Calling DISH Customer Care at 800-333-3474

Dec 12, 2023

My contract is almost up with AT&T, and I wanted to explore other cable options before I signed into another one. Sometimes, you get better rates when you shop around as a new customer, so I thought I would look into satellite television. I've never had DISH before, but I figured if the price was right then i am open to anything. I have no idea what DISH looks like in terms of pricing, and I hate trying to sort through all of the promotions online and in the mail. Therefore, it makes it easier for me just to call them.

DISH probably gets a lot of phone calls from people throughout the week. People like me who want to start their service, end their service, complain about their service, or deal with outages or billing problems. With that in mind, I expected to wait a bit on hold because that seems to be what happens with cable companies. To my shock, my experience with DISH took less than a minute. I've never been able to get to a live agent as quickly as I did with DISH, and that definitely has made me think about signing up with them. 

When I called, the automated assistant stated, "Thank you for choosing Dish. Calls are recorded to improve your experience. Let’s look up your account. If you have a DISH account or pending installation, you can enter your phone number, including the area code. You can also say, sign up for DISH service." I replied, "Sign up for DISH service," as instructed, and then it told me to "Please hold for the next available agent." Then the hold music started to play. It was admittedly a fun and vibrant tone, but a customer service agent had picked up before I could even think about it. 

I was on hold for maybe two seconds, and the entire phone call up until now only took 48 seconds. That is some real turnaround time. Muriel had a slight accent, but he was very friendly and talked to me about several promotions that I might be able to take advantage of. He also asked me about my current plans and what I pay, which I found helpful because he helped me look at what would be competitive to make the choice easier for me. I was so impressed by the entire thing that by the end of the phone call, I was a new DISH customer. Now, I'm just waiting on my DISH installation, and I'm set to go.

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DISH Customer Phone Number 800-333-3474 - Stats

Phone number to dial800-333-3474
Call-back availableYES
Call picked up by a real personYES
Department you're callingCustomer Service
Call center hoursMon-Sun 8am-12am EST
Best time to dial9:05am
Average wait16 minutes
Current wait19 minutes
Rank (among phone numbers)1
Rank (overall)1
Communication channelsphone, chat, email, web, facebook, twitter
Quality of communication77%
Quality of help82%
Customer votes6,950
Information last updatedMon Mar 25 2024 08:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

DISH's Best Toll-Free/800 Customer Phone Number

This is DISH's best phone number, the real-time current wait on hold and tools for skipping right through those phone lines to get right to a DISH agent. This phone number is DISH's Best Phone Number because 32,016 customers like you used this contact information over the last 18 months and gave us feedback. Common problems addressed by the customer care unit that answers calls to 800-333-3474 include Account Access, Overcharge on Account, Cancel Service, Transfer Service, Lower My Bill and other customer service issues. The DISH call center that you call into has employees from Colorado, New York, Texas, New Jersey and is open Mon-Sun 8am-12am EST according to customers. In total, DISH has 5 phone numbers. It's not always clear what is the best way to talk to DISH representatives, so we started compiling this information built from suggestions from the customer community. Please keep sharing your experiences so we can continue to improve this free resource.

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