Canceling/changing AT&T Direct TV Cable
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Comments (31)Looks like DTV is trying; they added a Disney Jr channel today; also did something with baseball. I'm liking Viacom less & less every day... On its own page, Viacom took a bit of a cheap shot Wednesday afternoon, posting an image of Nickelodeon cartoon favorite SpongeBob SquarePants with this text: "Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? I don't know. I have DirecTV." DTV If this dispute were over pennies, it wouldnt be happening. We dont think a $1 billion bonus to buy channels whose ratings are faltering is any pittance. Contrary to what Viacom has been saying, they indeed have been at the center of many programming disputes in the past with Time Warner Cable, Brighthouse Networks, and DISH. Do these spots ring any bells? They sound familiar to us A lot has changed in the seven years since Viacom and DIRECTV last renewed their agreement. More than 5.2 million more families have come to DIRECTV, making it the most popular video provider in the Americas with 19.9 million homes in the U.S. alone. Ratings for many of Viacoms networks have plummeted and Viacom has shunned its pay television businesses to become one of the most prolific providers of free Internet video. Sanford Bernstein reports the one out of every five former Nickelodeon families are watching online. DIRECTV will always pay fair market value for any service, but when performance declines, youre not entitled to a huge raise. Just ask the families were trying to serve. DIRECTV will do what it takes to defend our customers when we believe programmers are trying to take advantage of them. Some channel owners feel theyre entitled to get exorbitant raises every year, even when the value of their programming doesnt warrant it. Whether its Viacom or anyone else, when they try to extract more money from their viewers without justification, they shouldnt be surprised when we push back....See MoreThe cost of cable tv
Comments (54)We switched to satellite (ATT) a year or so ago because they offered fiber-optic internet, and we wanted that. It is not bundled with phone, but the bill for internet and TV is $126.00 a month. I've considered getting rid of the TV part, but that would only save me $35.00 a month - I got the barest minimum channels and made sure that it has NO extra sports channels on it. If I upgrade my TV at all, all the sports channels get added in, plus a $15.00 a month payment to some football sports organization, and I do not want to give them a penny. We also have antennae that look like sheets of paper, and with those, we can get 127 local channels, about one third of which are in English. We get seven or eight local Armenian channels, not to mention Korean, Thai, Taiwanese, Philippine, Russian, Spanish, etc. We do want a lot of TV on the local channels, as they are not included in the cable. My brother pays the cell phone bills, and so I don't know what that is, but he said it only cost $10 a month to add me to his plan. We have pretty much no problems with the satellite, as our weather tends to be clear. We no longer have a landline. We only used it when our parents were alive. I will probably cancel satellite when my two year contract is up. However, I do like the DVR that comes with it, and that's what I use the most....See MoreDirect TV/Dish Network comparisons?
Comments (17)DO NOT go to Satellite internet! DO NOT DO IT! If you have any other choice for internet service, stay with that!! I have satellite internet through Dish Network, "powered by WildBlue" - It is better than dial-up, which is my only other option. It is SOMEWHAT faster, but not very fast. The big thing is the usage cap - you can only use so much internet time in a rolling 30 day period (watch that word rolling!) If you watch any videos, have more than one computer/iPad/etc. - you will quickly go over your usage cap. They will then throttle you down so hard that dialup looks blazingly fast. Forget the idea of streaming TV shows, skype, etc. No way!! Just basic Windows updates, etc. can put a major strain on the usage cap if you have the cheapest package. We have the middle package and have to really watch our usage. I usually go to the library to download any songs, etc. from iTunes. If you do more than just a small amount of internet surfing and email - you will have to get a larger internet package $$$ and you will still have usage cap issues. We are able to deal with it, as it is our only option - but if I had any other choice, I would go for it. I have had Dish Network TV satellite for 15 years - never had any trouble. Some weather related issues, but that is to be expected....See MoreAnyone have DirectTV?
Comments (28)We have been way up in the moutains for 22 years. They will never run cable up here. First had a very big satellite dish, anyone remember those, then Dish and now Directv for about the last 5. I would check both and see which one is offering the best deal. We got about the same price, service and equiment from both the small dish companies. We switched because at the time our DVR died and Dish would not replace it with out a huge charge ($200), out of warranty, so we went to Directv. Sometimes we have blank spots or the signal gets slightly scrambled or is out of synch mouth to words. But that is the way with satellite reception. We did get better coverage of all the major local networks with Dish then we do with Directv so might switch again in the future. We still don't get CW with Directv and I heard that Dish offers it. We got the next one up package deal from basic and have 2 receivers, 2 DVRs and pay about $70 a month. Every year it keeps going up. Clare...See MoreLars
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