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Thinking of switching after 30 years of Comcast. Anyone use DIRECT TV?? Seems like they have improved in recent years, so might they be a better choice?? Would keep my current internet simply because it would be a super pain to change e-mail address, but maybe not. Would like to hear Both sides of the story here. THANKS!! :)
 
I have Direct and it's OK. They are supposed to do the billing for ATT and save us $20 on our internet. We'll see next month if my bill changes.

Weird, ATT has U-verse. I didn't think they worked together W/Direct.
 
Directv is great and have had it for years! You will not be disappointed. If you get Directv please let me know, there are some secrets that I can help you with.
 
I'll tell you a secret. The bill keeps on getting higher and I offered to have them turn it off. They gave me another year with no contract for $43 less than our current bill. Plus the ATT savings.

If it don't work out I'm gonna do Web TV. They see the writing on the wall and have a lot of equipment out there.

I would check out the various Web TV offerings. If I didn't already have Direct that's probably what I'd do.
 
I had it for about a year and a half. It wasn't bad but in the spring, during tornado season, I'd lose signal just when I really needed it. During the winter I'd have to go out and brush snow off the dish. I've heard you can buy dish warmers to help with that problem.
All-in-all a pain. Charter cable works much better for me.
 
We've had it since the early 90's back when you had to buy your own equipment. Whenever we had a problem they took care of it right away, only time we have to wait for anything is when a receiver goes bad, with electronics that is expected takes a couple days to get a new one.

Great picture with the new TV's. Add more receivers for $5 more per month, wish Sirus was like that, You will lose signal when a bad storm hits, snow or rain. It usually only last a short time. Seems to be worst on HD but you can switch to non HD channel as they give you both for most channels if you get HD. I mounted my own antenna as I didn't want them to put holes in my roof, I mounted it on the fascia where it was solid I think they will also mount on a pole not sure if that is extra. Outside of bills going up no complaints, but then what bill doesn't go up.

My dish doesn't seem to be effected by snow or Ice but I have cleared if off once and have had ice and snow on it. Good thing about it is a storm comes through and take out electric poles or cable lines you don't have to wait for them to repair the line. Last time we lost electric poles for a week or two we just fired up the generator and were back in service as soon as we started the generator, while the cable people didn't get service for almost a month.
 
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I had dish for about five months and loved it. Not sure how Direct matches up but the quality was the same as cable, but the channel listing ROCKS. It only shows you channels that you have access to. I HATE mediacom/comcast (I've had both between Illinois and Iowa) show the world of what you can get when you already pay for what you want.

Switch over to a google, apple, microsoft email account. While I'm back with mediacom now, we might be dropping all cable TV in favor of broadcast (local channels) and computer based options. I need faster internet and in Ames the only option for "Up To" 30 MB is cable. We just got 4G LTE through T-Mobile so I'm thinking that I might push the boys (15 & 17) to use their own hot spots and I could live at 12MB via CenturyLink and use my phone as a backup.

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DeathGrip said:
I'll tell you a secret. The bill keeps on getting higher and I offered to have them turn it off. They gave me another year with no contract for $43 less than our current bill. Plus the ATT savings.

If it don't work out I'm gonna do Web TV. They see the writing on the wall and have a lot of equipment out there.

I would check out the various Web TV offerings. If I didn't already have Direct that's probably what I'd do.
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Thanks grip, but I just clicked it on to check it out and they say "webtv/msntv is discontinuing service affective September 30, 2013." :(
 
I've had Directv for over ten years and love it. Just recently upgraded to the Whole Home DVR with Genie where you can record 5 shows at once. It's the best in my book.
 
dish is better and cheaper than direct...once my direct contract is up. i a, going back to dish...
 
I'll tell you a secret. The bill keeps on getting higher and I offered to have them turn it off. They gave me another year with no contract for $43 less than our current bill. Plus the ATT savings.
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I've done that as well - over my wife's initial squeals of protest. It works every couple years. :)
 
I've had Direct for about a year and a half. My reception is lost during moderate & heavy storms, they've tried to raise the monthly bill a few times on me while under contract. (Customer service got an ear full). I'm not real impressed with them but still prefer over Time Warner Cable...
 
I have direct tv, have for 15 years. I pay ATT $48/month to bring a dsl line in here so I can wart you guys. What is the savings ya'll referred to with ATT/Direct TV? I could buy a box of .22 shells or something, hopefully.
 
THANKS FOR ALL THE INPUT-- :) This all sounds about what I expected. It will be installed the 23rd. Savings is about 70/80 bucks a month-- if the savings goes south I will do something else- what I don't know :) We don't get that much snow here, for the most part, nor other storms. Will just have to live with it. :)
 
Biginge said:
I have direct tv, have for 15 years. I pay ATT $48/month to bring a dsl line in here so I can wart you guys. What is the savings ya'll referred to with ATT/Direct TV? I could buy a box of .22 shells or something, hopefully.
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Call them. Tell then you want to cancel and complain about your bill getting out of control and see what they offer you. I was ready to disconnect when the young fellow on the other end made me a good offer. Then he asked what internet connection I had. I told him ATT and he said that they could do the billing for ATT at a $20 savings. He also gave me HBO and Showtime for free for two months. I guess I better record what I can but nothing much there for me. Oh, I could have opted for a sports package..
 
I had direct TV for years, but I got tired of the constant increases in their fees. A little over three years ago, I decided no TV was better than direct TV, since there was not much on worth watching anyway. Even the news broadcasts were so full of bull that I could not get anything of value from them. They are probably about the same as most other cable or satellite companies who are getting filthy rich off mostly old reruns and hysterical news broadcasts.
 
J.R. Sounds like you've already made the decision...

Me..I've got Direct. Reception has been good, for the most part.

To be sure, it will go out for a while if there is heavy rain or a thunderstorm.

HOWEVER...Be it Dish or Direct TV, you're sure going to be paying for a lot of informercials you'll never watch, or kiddie shows, or re-runs from the 1950's, or news broadcasts from the likes of Nancy Grace.

I only have the Basic..I'll not pay for those so called Premium channels, that have repeats over and over, that sometimes even pop up on those non-premium channels or out landished priced fight specials.

From around midnight eastern time to six in the morning, I think I'd rather go back to just watching the test signal that use to come on at that time period.

The music on the high end of the channels is worth listening to if nothing else. But with even their so called BASIC service going higher and higher....It's time for me to cut the cord and get more things done around the house and yard.

Ok, so it shows my age, but life was good when there wasn't even any TV to watch.....

Going to Friday night high school ball games are looking better and better!!!!!


WuzzFuzz
 
J. R. WEEMS said:
THANKS FOR ALL THE INPUT-- :) This all sounds about what I expected. It will be installed the 23rd. Savings is about 70/80 bucks a month-- if the savings goes south I will do something else- what I don't know :) We don't get that much snow here, for the most part, nor other storms. Will just have to live with it. :)
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Don't know what part of Winchester you live in but we get snow here off and on. Just expect to lose it when there is heavy snow or rain and you will be OK. It doesn't last long and like I said if you get HD most stations are on non HD so just change to them as HD is more susceptible to cutting out. OBTW they also have 3D channels if you have a 3D TV some nice shows there sometimes. And they change their channels around just about the time you get use to what channel they are on.:eek:
 
gdnagle said:
Don't know what part of Winchester you live in but we get snow here off and on. Just expect to lose it when there is heavy snow or rain and you will be OK. It doesn't last long and like I said if you get HD most stations are on non HD so just change to them as HD is more susceptible to cutting out. OBTW they also have 3D channels if you have a 3D TV some nice shows there sometimes. And they change their channels around just about the time you get use to what channel they are on.:eek:
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GD-- About 30 miles from you-- 10 miles out of Berryville. I wish we WOULD get some snow, I would be out taking photos with no time for the tube. :D I may get my wish, leaves have been falling here since July and the caterpillars are big and fuzzy then I've heard the almanac is calling for a rough Winter. :)
 
DeathGrip said:
Call them. Tell then you want to cancel and complain about your bill getting out of control and see what they offer you. I was ready to disconnect when the young fellow on the other end made me a good offer. Then he asked what internet connection I had. I told him ATT and he said that they could do the billing for ATT at a $20 savings. He also gave me HBO and Showtime for free for two months. I guess I better record what I can but nothing much there for me. Oh, I could have opted for a sports package..
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This is a great point. They are anxious to keep your business and are very receptive to legitimate complaints and will even work with you to lower your bill. The "customer retention department" is the magic word for getting to someone who will work with you especially if you've been a subscriber for a while. You have to build up a bit of loyalty equity but its worth it.
 
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