re: Directv really starting to feel the cord cutting?

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So you are saying that I come to a message board and lie about what I was told on the just 5 min before posting?

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did you read what I said? I know it was long so I dont' blame you.
I did not say you were lying. I said DTV told me something similar, then 3 months later said they never told me that and started charging me for the movie channels.
I was with them for a long time. I had never heard them give away the movie channels for more than 3 months, which is why I was shocked to hear them tell me i'd get them for a year, and I made them repeat that. They lied to me. I got them for 3 months. frick them. Had they said i'd get them for only 3 months, I would have went with Cox, but they said 1 year, so I went with DTV when I moved into my new house.

They're feeling tDecline in the NFL's popularity. A lot of their subscribers are there just for Sunday Ticket.

I've been a DirecTV subscriber for probably 15 years. I loved them until ATT.

I've been considering a switch to get away from ATT, but they just ran gigabit internet in the neighborhood.

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I was like, you are paying hundreds of dollars a year plus the extra Sunday Ticket fee just so you can have NFL on 17 Sundays a year.

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If you live outside your favorite team's market and want to be able to watch their games badly enough, it's worth it.

You guys realize you can buy your own equipment and just pay for the service right?

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According to the FCC's website, for broadband providers like Comcast, Verizon, Time Warner, Charter, Cox and the over 800 local cable companies around the country, it's your right to purchase your own cable box and/or modem, install a cablecard on your own volition and, as a result of these actions, the cable company cannot charge you a penny more for choosing to not use their hardware.

"Right," you think to yourself, "but how much money could I really save? Buying my own box sounds more expensive than renting one."

"Most customers buy anywhere in between one and four boxes from us, which can amount in several hundred dollars in savings per year and several thousand dollars over the life of the cable box," says Jay Bianchini, lead activation tech and manager of third-party cable box vendor CableBoxandModem.com.

Bianchini, who has helped customers with over 5,200 installations, claims that it's not uncommon for people to save over $100 per cable box over the course of a single year.

"Most customers buy anywhere in between one and four boxes from us, which can amount in several hundred dollars in savings per year and several thousand dollars over the life of the cable box," Bianchini said.

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A lot of their subscribers are there just for Sunday Ticket.

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That's my house.

was with DTV since 2005 and cut the cord about 3 weeks ago and do not miss it.
They offered $60 for 1 year after my bill went up for the second time in 1 year.

I have ATT Uverse cable & fiber Internet . I keep my bill around $150 a month. When it creeps up, I call back and they find a discount somewhere and poof, it's back to $150. I like the ATT customer service. Man, I'm getting about the next time I need to call in.