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Direct TV vs AT&T Uverse
Posted on 7/17/14 at 8:31 pm
Posted on 7/17/14 at 8:31 pm
Which one is better? Had to postpone having ATT installed. Just looked at DTV's site and can you really get their max package for under $100? What's the catch?
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Posted on 7/17/14 at 8:35 pm to King of New Orleans
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max package for under $100? What's the catch?
"For 12 months with 24 month agreement...Regular price $129.99"
ETA: then they start charging you another $25/month for the receiver and another $6/month for having a TV after 12 months.
This post was edited on 7/17/14 at 8:40 pm
Posted on 7/17/14 at 8:39 pm to Hopeful Doc
So the second year of the two year deal, it's $129?
Posted on 7/17/14 at 8:40 pm to King of New Orleans
$145
Posted on 7/17/14 at 8:46 pm to Hopeful Doc
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ETA: then they start charging you another $25/month for the receiver and another $6/month for having a TV after 12 months.
This shite pisses me off so much. Cox's advertised TV prices do not include a goddamned DVR or DVR service, or any other receivers. I went to their site the other day to check on TV prices, and momentarily got excited by their promotional rate thinking it beat U-Verse. Nope, not if you include the monthly cost of the equipment. At least U-verse's advertised price includes a DVR (but for every package except U450, you do have to pay an extra $10/month for HD channels, which is really retarded for any form of video content in this decade).
Posted on 7/17/14 at 8:54 pm to ILikeLSUToo
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advertised TV prices do not include a DVR or DVR service
Go peek in my other thread, but HDHomerun Prime + 4tb hdd comes out to be cheaper for someone like you who has any sort of computer worth anything + an empty HDD bay and SATA connector
ETA: Payoff time of those two pieces of equipment is roughly two years. The current computer not included.
This post was edited on 7/17/14 at 8:55 pm
Posted on 7/18/14 at 10:16 am to Hopeful Doc
Get UVERSE. Get the deals. When the deals expire, call back and bitch about switching. You will get reupped on the deals. 
Posted on 7/18/14 at 10:54 am to transcend
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Get UVERSE. Get the deals. When the deals expire, call back and bitch about switching. You will get reupped on the deals
Sometimes you don't even have to call. I noticed my bill went down 40 bucks one period. Checked my account and they applied a discount to it, without me calling in.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 1:41 pm to Murtagh
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ETA: then they start charging you another $25/month for the receiver and another $6/month for having a TV after 12 months.
FYI on the 23rd this is dropping to $15 a month permanent
DIRECTV IMO is a much better product. better equipment, better picture, more sports options and my favorite thing is I don't have to turn it to the 1900s for HD. the hd and sd channel are the same channel vs uverse
I work in the pay tv business and have for 10 years and most people view DIRECTV as the cadallac of the industry
Posted on 7/18/14 at 8:23 pm to dallastiger55
Direct Tv has the worst customer service, and its satellite so when its bad weather outside connection gets sketchy. At&t is alright.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 10:44 pm to dallastiger55
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I work in the pay tv business and have for 10 years and most people view DIRECTV as the cadallac of the industry
I respect your opinion, but as a Dish customer for 6 weeks and a former DTV customer for 17 years, Dish has a superior product.
The Hopper is light years better than DTV's Genie box. Plus you can watch live events on your mobile device. Picture quality is a wash. Pricing is better with Dish. The biggest advantage Dish has is its customer service. DTV's customer service is simply awful as there is no accountability or resolution to completion.
This post was edited on 7/18/14 at 10:45 pm
Posted on 7/18/14 at 11:03 pm to Will Cover
I have never had one issue with DTV's customer service. It has always been great and things are fixed quickly and correctly whenever they arise.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 11:09 pm to Colonel Flagg
I am in the same boat. I have had cox for several years but I am tired of their bullshite and constant increase in price. When Direct finally announces that they will carry the SEC Network I have a decision to make.
Should I stick with Cox or switch to DTV?
Should I stick with Cox or switch to DTV?
Posted on 7/19/14 at 7:43 am to Riggins
Dish is about to raise prices $5
The new genie is on par or better than the hopper
In our biz, dish is known as communists. Run by a tyrant
Google "worst places in us to work". Dish has been number 1 for two years straight
If the average customer knew what their company was about they would have no customers
The new genie is on par or better than the hopper
In our biz, dish is known as communists. Run by a tyrant
Google "worst places in us to work". Dish has been number 1 for two years straight
If the average customer knew what their company was about they would have no customers
Posted on 7/19/14 at 9:20 am to dallastiger55
Dish has better customer service than Direct TV. If they beat their employees with rubber hoses I'm sure I'll see it on youtube soon enough.
Ive had both, now with Comcast since it's the best deal where I live.
Ive had both, now with Comcast since it's the best deal where I live.
Posted on 7/19/14 at 9:38 am to King of New Orleans
UVerse TV is basically going away once the AT&T acquisition of DirecTV is done. It's been a big flop.
Posted on 7/19/14 at 1:35 pm to ForeLSU
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UVerse TV is basically going away once the AT&T acquisition of DirecTV is done. It's been a big flop.
Posted on 7/19/14 at 1:39 pm to ItNeverRains
That did sound like an emotionally charged sales pitch, didn't it?
Posted on 7/19/14 at 2:39 pm to King of New Orleans
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King of New Orleans
not sure why you're laughing. They aren't going to abandon their video clients anytime soon, but the platform is a big fail. Go to your nearest UPS Store and ask them how many UVerse boxes they return every week.
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But of course, the biggest benefits of the merger will go to AT&T itself. In particular, AT&T's new filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission say that AT&T's U-verse video offering has been a failure and can't compete against Comcast and Time Warner Cable. Here is an executive summary, key talking points, a much longer filing, and attachments (the last two are not for the faint of heart).
"AT&T has world-class wireline and wireless broadband facilities, but its video service, which is available in only a minority of customer locations within AT&T’s 22-state incumbent local exchange carrier ('ILEC') region, is uneconomic and not fully competitive with cable providers," the company said.
AT&T only provides U-verse video where it has fiber-to-the-node or fiber-to-the-premises, the company said. "As a result of its relatively limited video footprint, AT&T is far smaller than Comcast and Time Warner Cable, its principal competitors," it said. "Lack of scale particularly hinders AT&T with respect to content acquisition, which is by far the largest variable cost of MVPD [multichannel video programming distributor] service. AT&T therefore faces challenges selling competitive broadband/video bundles even inside its U-verse video footprint."
Posted on 7/19/14 at 2:44 pm to dallastiger55
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I work in the pay tv business and have for 10 years and most people view DIRECTV as the cadallac of the industry
Are you the guy walking around Best Buy with a clipboard asking customers what they pay for cable?
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