att uverse -internet + direct tv - anyone?
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I have DirectTV. Unsure what being combined with AT&T will do for me. I have Consumer Cellular for cell and local phone company DSL.
I do like DirectTV.
I do like DirectTV.
Had it. After 3 years of misery, I kicked them to the curb. Everyone has a story, but DTV shipped the wrong equipment initially, and I had to install the correct gear myself. Even with direct line of site, I never got more than 76% signal. If I tooted, I'd lose the signal...a sprinkle outside would ensure a night of board games. UVerse was even worse... never more than 3mbs download speed, regular dropouts causing the house alarm to trip.
I switched to cable. No contract, 136 a month (phone, internet, silver package, 1 DVR), saving me 60 a month the first year, and about 35 a month 2nd year on. So far, so good... got 50mbs download on OOKLA right after install.
To be fair, I had Dish for sometime before Direct. It was much better. I don't think Direct had their stuff together, I was with them before the AT&T takeover. Maybe their hardware has improved since the original Genie.
I switched to cable. No contract, 136 a month (phone, internet, silver package, 1 DVR), saving me 60 a month the first year, and about 35 a month 2nd year on. So far, so good... got 50mbs download on OOKLA right after install.
To be fair, I had Dish for sometime before Direct. It was much better. I don't think Direct had their stuff together, I was with them before the AT&T takeover. Maybe their hardware has improved since the original Genie.
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I had DTV 2008-early 2010 because neither Charter nor AT&T had our subdivision wired for TV.
Went through 2 DVRs in that time.
Finally, uVerse was available over my fiber to the premises and we've been with uVerse ever since.
I am on my 3rd residential gateway, so it's not been all rainbows and unicorns. If they ever roll out gigapower, I'll need a new OTN and a new gateway as the AT&T equipment on my home won't support it.
Didn't really care for DTV. Like the uVerse DVR much much better.
Went through 2 DVRs in that time.
Finally, uVerse was available over my fiber to the premises and we've been with uVerse ever since.
I am on my 3rd residential gateway, so it's not been all rainbows and unicorns. If they ever roll out gigapower, I'll need a new OTN and a new gateway as the AT&T equipment on my home won't support it.
Didn't really care for DTV. Like the uVerse DVR much much better.
Originally Posted By: stockrex
Getting ready kick some Comcast behind,
anyone has the direct tv and uverse combo?
teaser price seems juicy, but what happens after 12 months?
In my area it is a well know fact that when you take your boxed up Comcast equipment in to the Xfinity store to drop it off the price is LOWERED DRAMATICALLY.
You can't get these retention rates over the phone FYI.
I can tell you that I have checked about every offering out there (Direct T.V., Dish-no u-verses here) and after year two the prices are within a few dollars of each other. At least here in the greater Salt Lake City area.
Getting ready kick some Comcast behind,
anyone has the direct tv and uverse combo?
teaser price seems juicy, but what happens after 12 months?
In my area it is a well know fact that when you take your boxed up Comcast equipment in to the Xfinity store to drop it off the price is LOWERED DRAMATICALLY.
You can't get these retention rates over the phone FYI.
I can tell you that I have checked about every offering out there (Direct T.V., Dish-no u-verses here) and after year two the prices are within a few dollars of each other. At least here in the greater Salt Lake City area.
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After 12 months has passed and the "teaser" rate expires, the $/mo. rates will steadily increase. According to a family member who now pays > $225/mo. for the U-Verse triumverant.
Beware the hook and swallowing it too deep...
Beware the hook and swallowing it too deep...
att has flooded me with mailers almost every week with spam this and spam that, i cant recall any other company sending me this much garbage when i'm an existing customer.
i also dont really understand why att would offer directv when they ALREADY had cable service through uverse. yeah sure, satellite is another way to get to people, but its not like att was good at anything they did, and i fully expect directv service in general to suffer.
i also dont really understand why att would offer directv when they ALREADY had cable service through uverse. yeah sure, satellite is another way to get to people, but its not like att was good at anything they did, and i fully expect directv service in general to suffer.
Originally Posted By: sleddriver
After 12 months has passed and the "teaser" rate expires, the $/mo. rates will steadily increase. According to a family member who now pays > $225/mo. for the U-Verse triumverant.
Beware the hook and swallowing it too deep...
That's exactly what happened to me. Had the 3 pak for $155 for 24 months. Now they want $230 for same package.
My daughter had this happen. She changed her formal first name to a nickname - per ATT sales rep - with same address and got a new starter rate for 12 months. I will try that.
After 12 months has passed and the "teaser" rate expires, the $/mo. rates will steadily increase. According to a family member who now pays > $225/mo. for the U-Verse triumverant.
Beware the hook and swallowing it too deep...
That's exactly what happened to me. Had the 3 pak for $155 for 24 months. Now they want $230 for same package.
My daughter had this happen. She changed her formal first name to a nickname - per ATT sales rep - with same address and got a new starter rate for 12 months. I will try that.
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Bluntly put - U-Verse sucks! The Internet service is nothing more than glorified DSL and it NEVER lived up to the speeds they said it would despite my upgrading to the fastest connection they offer. In addition, since the bandwidth for the TV and Internet are shared, the HD portion of the TV would pixelate badly at times.
I switched to Comcast and never looked back--which is what you want to do in reverse. Good luck!
I switched to Comcast and never looked back--which is what you want to do in reverse. Good luck!
Originally Posted By: cptbarkey
att has flooded me with mailers almost every week with spam this and spam that, i cant recall any other company sending me this much garbage when i'm an existing customer.
You can eliminate much of that by logging on to your account and uncheck all the marketing boxes. I was getting carpet bombed with Uverse propaganda and finally got it stopped.
att has flooded me with mailers almost every week with spam this and spam that, i cant recall any other company sending me this much garbage when i'm an existing customer.
You can eliminate much of that by logging on to your account and uncheck all the marketing boxes. I was getting carpet bombed with Uverse propaganda and finally got it stopped.
We are in the second year of a 2 year DirecTV contract.
Signed up with AAA Auto club for 10 dollars off per month.
First year was around $40 per month for two TV's basic HD boxes no DVR.
That was fine.
Second year I had to go to the lowest package, and negotiate a rate.
Now I pay $66 per month for basically nothing.
They wanted $85 per month that is the regular price.
Still looking for a $30-$40 cable/dish deal that will not go up every year.
Signed up with AAA Auto club for 10 dollars off per month.
First year was around $40 per month for two TV's basic HD boxes no DVR.
That was fine.
Second year I had to go to the lowest package, and negotiate a rate.
Now I pay $66 per month for basically nothing.
They wanted $85 per month that is the regular price.
Still looking for a $30-$40 cable/dish deal that will not go up every year.
oh, go direct tv for me then, they don't MENTION what the rate will be after 12 months, that is super slimey.
just uverse is 40 plus 10 modem rental
the gotcha for uverse is 250 GB bandwidth, then $10 per 50 GB,
the girls stream a lot, but it is about 10 GB a day, so we will have to watch our usage (no pun intended)
I think I will go with Dishnetworks no nonsense 24month $59 deal.
just uverse is 40 plus 10 modem rental
the gotcha for uverse is 250 GB bandwidth, then $10 per 50 GB,
the girls stream a lot, but it is about 10 GB a day, so we will have to watch our usage (no pun intended)
I think I will go with Dishnetworks no nonsense 24month $59 deal.
We've had Direct TV, probably since the Hughes days, and I'm likely kicking them to the curb at the end of the month.
It was great when it began, but it's just gotten too expensive, and so many of the channels ( and bandwidth ) is just paid for advertising garbage. Plus, I aleady have AT&T cell phone service and I don't like so many eggs in one basket.
It was great when it began, but it's just gotten too expensive, and so many of the channels ( and bandwidth ) is just paid for advertising garbage. Plus, I aleady have AT&T cell phone service and I don't like so many eggs in one basket.
Originally Posted By: Win
We've had Direct TV, probably since the Hughes days, and I'm likely kicking them to the curb at the end of the month.
It was great when it began, but it's just gotten too expensive, and so many of the channels ( and bandwidth ) is just paid for advertising garbage. Plus, I aleady have AT&T cell phone service and I don't like so many eggs in one basket.
I agree, there are so many infomercial channels on DirecTV, I have never seen anything like it. I would guess there are 20-30 dedicated infomercial channels in my package. We first got DirecTV probably 15 years ago the allure was that they had a ton of channels that cable did not have, and did not offer. Now all the providers pretty much offer the same stuff give or take a few channels so shop by price.
We've had Direct TV, probably since the Hughes days, and I'm likely kicking them to the curb at the end of the month.
It was great when it began, but it's just gotten too expensive, and so many of the channels ( and bandwidth ) is just paid for advertising garbage. Plus, I aleady have AT&T cell phone service and I don't like so many eggs in one basket.
I agree, there are so many infomercial channels on DirecTV, I have never seen anything like it. I would guess there are 20-30 dedicated infomercial channels in my package. We first got DirecTV probably 15 years ago the allure was that they had a ton of channels that cable did not have, and did not offer. Now all the providers pretty much offer the same stuff give or take a few channels so shop by price.
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There's no deal to be had with any pay TV. My Time Warner "bundle" is *only* $120/mo. Problem is, once taxes and fees are added on, my total bill is just over $160.
Originally Posted By: JustinH
We are in the second year of a 2 year DirecTV contract.
Signed up with AAA Auto club for 10 dollars off per month.
First year was around $40 per month for two TV's basic HD boxes no DVR.
That was fine.
Second year I had to go to the lowest package, and negotiate a rate.
Now I pay $66 per month for basically nothing.
They wanted $85 per month that is the regular price.
Still looking for a $30-$40 cable/dish deal that will not go up every year.
It doesn't exist. There are really only three competitors. Your local cable company, DISH,and Direct T.V. In most places-the cable companies have the fastest and most reliable Internet. Notice I didn't say cheapest. Yes, there are players in each part of the country that provide Internet service, but once you start breaking things up and getting your T.V. pkg. through the cable company, Internet through somebody else, then it's not dramatically cheaper-after the promotional period. It just isn't. In my part if the country I have researched this extensively.
We are in the second year of a 2 year DirecTV contract.
Signed up with AAA Auto club for 10 dollars off per month.
First year was around $40 per month for two TV's basic HD boxes no DVR.
That was fine.
Second year I had to go to the lowest package, and negotiate a rate.
Now I pay $66 per month for basically nothing.
They wanted $85 per month that is the regular price.
Still looking for a $30-$40 cable/dish deal that will not go up every year.
It doesn't exist. There are really only three competitors. Your local cable company, DISH,and Direct T.V. In most places-the cable companies have the fastest and most reliable Internet. Notice I didn't say cheapest. Yes, there are players in each part of the country that provide Internet service, but once you start breaking things up and getting your T.V. pkg. through the cable company, Internet through somebody else, then it's not dramatically cheaper-after the promotional period. It just isn't. In my part if the country I have researched this extensively.
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The problem is only a handful of companies own all the channels, and they bundle the few good ones they have with the dozens of lousy ones no one watches and they force them on the cable and satellite companies. Until channels are offered a la carte, rates are going to continue climbing. ESPN is a good example, it has to be in the base package and it adds over $6/mo to your bill and it doesn't matter if you want it or not.
Originally Posted By: dishdude
The problem is only a handful of companies own all the channels, and they bundle the few good ones they have with the dozens of lousy ones no one watches and they force them on the cable and satellite companies. Until channels are offered a la carte, rates are going to continue climbing. ESPN is a good example, it has to be in the base package and it adds over $6/mo to your bill and it doesn't matter if you want it or not.
So we ordered the base package for DirecTV, and they took out a few major channels. No ESPN, NO Travel Channel, and no Weather Channel.
Pretty much everything else. They replace Weather Channel with WeatherNation which is a very poorly done channel.
If you call and ask them, you can get a "Family" package, which is even cheaper than the cheap package, and they pretty much give you a bunch of junk infomercial channels and religion ones.
The problem is only a handful of companies own all the channels, and they bundle the few good ones they have with the dozens of lousy ones no one watches and they force them on the cable and satellite companies. Until channels are offered a la carte, rates are going to continue climbing. ESPN is a good example, it has to be in the base package and it adds over $6/mo to your bill and it doesn't matter if you want it or not.
So we ordered the base package for DirecTV, and they took out a few major channels. No ESPN, NO Travel Channel, and no Weather Channel.
Pretty much everything else. They replace Weather Channel with WeatherNation which is a very poorly done channel.
If you call and ask them, you can get a "Family" package, which is even cheaper than the cheap package, and they pretty much give you a bunch of junk infomercial channels and religion ones.
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