Ferrari Mailing List: DirecTV

[Rick Lindsay (rolindsay]

> Are you happy with DTV?  If you don't mind, could you tell

> me which package you have?  Would you subscribe to a different

> package or are you happy with the one you have?  I gotta get

> rid of Comcast...
>
> LarryT

I dunno which package. I just got the lowest priced package that includes more than local TV, and the HD upgrade. Oh, and the DVR. We don't watch modern movies so no premioum channels.

Comcast and UVerse have pretty large suck-factors. We had DirecTV since 1989, then changed to ATT Uverse about 2 years ago. We put up with it and the three failed (poorly rebuilt) modems and line cuts, for almost 9 months. We then switched back to DirecTV. Flawless ever since - except for that occasional afternoon thunderstorm interrupting 'Days of Our Lives'.

The only downside with DirecTV is that one looses service during big-cloud-thunderstorms. The quick remedy for that is to hook a wire to the antenna input so you can get local stations (assuming you live in the broadcast city) during storms. Or you can just turn it off and read a book. :-P

-rick