Dish guaranteed the FCC that its new network will reach 20% of the population by June of this year, a milestone on the route to covering 70% of the population by June of 2023. The project has been beset with setbacks, and for those keeping track at home, June is just around the corner. Dish’s most recent earnings conference did not portray the best picture of the network’s present state; as of February, it was still in beta testing with friends and family in Las Vegas. Vegas has a lot of things, but it does not have 20% of the US population within its borders.
