IUROX
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Friday, February 13, 2009 3:18:00 AM
YOU SUCK dogballs!

After 14 years I have had enough! Pricks!

Comcast HD showed up yesterday, I likey!

Ram27
Friday, February 13, 2009 3:22:00 AM
FIOS

For

Ram

neopuritan
Friday, February 13, 2009 3:58:00 AM
Rox, keep updating, please.

I''m getting pretty tired of dtv, too.

Comcast has some very attractive and competitive packages.

CigarRichieRich
Friday, February 13, 2009 4:00:00 AM
Direct TV can catch a STD and die a miserable death! I gave them the boot a long time ago! They offically suck! I don''t know if you guys get Cox cable but they are great!
herfidore
Friday, February 13, 2009 5:36:00 AM
Wow, I have NEVER had a problem with DirecTv. I have been a customer for 8 years now. What kind of issues were you having?
PecanPi1
Friday, February 13, 2009 5:41:00 AM
I jettisoned Dish Network after 7+ years.

I get deluged with fliers from Drek TV asking me to take up their service.

I stand there, in the kitchen, perusing the daily mail, and I LMAO! :-)~~~~~~~~~

herfidore
Friday, February 13, 2009 5:47:00 AM
^ But why? Why do you think DirecTv is so bad? Is it just a thing like PI''s suck and Gurkha''s explode?
PecanPi1
Friday, February 13, 2009 5:51:00 AM
I asume the business model is the same for both Dish Network and DrekTV...therefore the same issues we had with Dish will eventually crop up with Drek: repetitious movies, many channels of dancing teen hoodlums that I don''t want and hate paying for, too many shopping channels, etc., etc., etc.

In other words, sir, I EQUATE DISH with DREK.

Herein lies a fabulous business opportunity.

Where''s cephis??

herfidore
Friday, February 13, 2009 5:53:00 AM
No experience, but they suck. Got it. Anyone else care to answer that has actually been a DirecTv customer? Maybe the OP can give me some insight into his issues with them.
PecanPi1
Friday, February 13, 2009 5:56:00 AM
You, master of barbed sarcasm, are now officially on your own.

HANL

herfidore
Friday, February 13, 2009 5:58:00 AM
wow just wow
PecanPi1
Friday, February 13, 2009 6:04:00 AM
Last word....

Schmuck!

herfsnipe
Friday, February 13, 2009 6:15:00 AM
I''m confused as well. I''ve been a DTV customer for a very long time. I think it''s been since 1998. Sure, I pay alot, but I want the choice. I never use the PPV channels, and I can eliminate from the card the channels I don''t ever watch like the shopping and kids dancing channels.

There''s no on demand, but with TIVO who needs it? I also get the local station feeds from NY and LA whoch allows me to watch or record prime time shows starting at 5 pm. Leno or Letterman at 8:30 if I want. Network news at 3:30.

$300 Football package? Who needs it. With the NY and LA local station feed, I get a choice of at least 5 different games on Sunday morning and afternoon, plus the two on NBC and NFL network. Does Comcast get the NFL network?

How amy games do you get with Comcast? Here let me spell it out for you. In local markets, you''ll maybe get one early game and one later maybe, plus NFL and NBC. Most of the time there''s a blackout and only one game gets on. Cable is like that sometimes.

AS for service, I have had no problems. I don''t know maybe the change to cable has made you excited and and I''m glad for you. That''s fine. I hope you enjoy it. They have great digital signal and tremendous HD selections. Just remember, they get their signals just like the rest of us. FROM A SATELLITE.

herfidore
Friday, February 13, 2009 6:34:00 AM
Stay classy pecan
herfidore
Friday, February 13, 2009 6:35:00 AM
#13 That''s exactly my experience. It works very well for our lifestyle. I was just curious what problems some were seeing. Who knows, maybe there is an impending storm on the horizon with service/support.
03screw
Friday, February 13, 2009 6:36:00 AM
I had Directv and had no problems. Loved the easy program set-up and HD channels. We now have Fios and the clarity is no better 1080 is 1080, and they are getting more HD channels real soon (supposedly later this month). The only reason we switched was to get the bundle package through Fios. We are only paying $110/month for Extreme HD, HBO & Skinemax package, unlimited calls anywhere for a flat rate telephone land line, and my favorite 10/20 Internet service. Call me happy.
herfidore
Friday, February 13, 2009 6:51:00 AM
I would love to switch to FIOS but it''s not in our area yet. Hopefully soon.
tbrochin
Friday, February 13, 2009 6:52:00 AM
We had Dish for several years and dropped them after some faulty equipment and even worse customer service. We got one of their new DVR units.... went through FOUR units in a 3 month period.... they kept shorting out. When I called Dish, they would flat out tell me "Oh yeah, we''ve had some issues with that unit. We''ll get a service tech to you sometime in the next 7-10 business days."

Tech would finally show up.... WITH THE SAME MODEL OF CRAP THAT BLEW OUT THE FIRST TIME! We cancelled after a while and they tried to bill us a cancellation fee, plus tried to claim that we damaged their equipment. After a couple nice phone calls, everything was taken care of and the account was closed.

We''ve been with Direct for almost a year and love it. Our only other option is Charter, which is about to go bankrupt. They charge an insane amount of money here and offer less than Direct does. Until something better comes along, Direct is working great for us.