Direct TV vs Dish TV

[kitten645]

Well living in CA we don't have extreme weather (if you don't count earthquakes!) I'm leaning more towards Direct but it would be nice to have everything on one bill. I wonder if AT&T internet has any effect on Direct? Like being able to watch tv on the computer or vice versa. Thanks again for your input.
Claudia

[Craftlady]

We have Dish T.V. at least 5 years. Prior to that for 5 years we had Direct T.V. but they kept raising their rates and we changed over to Dish which hasnt raised rates

[Taz_Zoee]

We switched to Dish from Comcast back when they first came out with HD DVRs. They were running a special and we got free boxes (or installation, I can't remember which). We have two main boxes (one HD and the other not) and each of those have an additional box connected to them. I have no idea about any of the details, that's Bruce's department. I can ask him anything you'd like to know though. He always does extensive research on things like this before purchasing.

I just asked him about AT&T with each service. He said Dish offers a $5 discount since they come on the same bill. You can get Direct with AT&T but you do not get any discounts they may offer from time to time. And of course you get the separate billings.

[jennielynn1970]

I have Direct, and I like it. I have the very basic plan, and really only watch 20 of those channels, if that. I can handle less than $35 a month total, including the locals.

I do lose signal whenever there is a storm in the area, but it's not too bad.

I subscribed to Direct through Verizon.

[Moesha]

Oh! I wonder if Direct is still offering the $50 referral bonus. Get the best deal you can get from them and then I think that if you have a referral from another member you get $50 more dollars and the friend that has the account gets $50 too. If you decide to go to Direct, let me know and I'll see if I can find the exact information that you need to get your extra $50 if you want.

[Grace]

Oh! I wonder if Direct is still offering the $50 referral bonus. Get the best deal you can get from them and then I think that if you have a referral from another member you get $50 more dollars and the friend that has the account gets $50 too. If you decide to go to Direct, let me know and I'll see if I can find the exact information that you need to get your extra $50 if you want.

Yes, that referral plan is available.

We had Dish for a few years. Then switched back to cable because customer service with Dish was abysmal. 18 months ago we left cable again, and went to Direct. I am one happy gal. I love all the sports; customer service has been great; yes, we do lose the picture, briefly, during a heavy rain but only on the HD channels.

Since you have AT&T, have you checked to see if they offer FiOS - I've heard that is on a par with satellite for quality of picture.

[Lady's Human]

We had Dish for a few years. Then switched back to cable because customer service with Dish was abysmal.

Dish Network doesn't even know what customer service is.

When we bought our house, we had Dish network, as the previous owners left the dish/boxes/ etc with the house. About a year and a half later, Dish sends us new cards for the boxes, saying we needed them for the equipment to work with their new upgrades.........and we lost our network feeds and a bunch of other channels. They stated after the fact that we weren't paying for the channels we had, so they cancelled them. Nothing like communicating with customers. It took over a month to get it straightened out. We've had DirecTV since, with no major issues, and their customer service has been excellent.

[kitten645]

LH..how long ago was that? Seems to me there's been lots of improvements as competition has gotten more intense. I won't go back to cable as I feel it's monopolistic and has no customer service. Comcast sucks.
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