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In article <pvtlg1$or0$1@gioia.aioe.org>, Co_Beachbum
<co_beachbum@yahoo.com> wrote:

> "Dr. Personality"  wrote in message 
> news:241220180031364566%affable@no.com.invalid...
> >
> >In article <HbVTD.27528$qC3.15523@fx28.iad>, Ed Pawlowski
> ><esp@snet.xxx> wrote:
> >
> >> On 12/20/2018 5:06 PM, Dr. Personality wrote:
> >> > I'd had DirecTV since before the turn of the century.  I canceled it
> >> > today.  It has gotten too expensive -- more than $200/mo, even before
> >> > another rate increase next month.  We now have an Xfinity bundle that
> >> > includes very fast internet and costs less than half of what I'd been
> >> > paying just for DirecTV.
> >> >
> >> > I never thought I'd go back to cable, but here I am.  The DirecTV DVR
> >> > is better, but not so much better than I want to pay an extra $100+ a
> >> > month for it and not get fast internet.
> >> >
> >>
> >> I reluctantly joined you.  We moved away.  I now have Spectrum but don't
> >> really like it.  I was paying $144 for DTV  and now will pay about $150
> >> but save the $85 phone and internet I was paying.
> >>
> >> A big factor is the whole house setup I had where we could watch
> >> recorded programs in any room.  We'd often go into the bedroom and watch
> >> a recorded show but now have to do it in the same room as the DVR.  The
> >> Spectrum remote sucks too.
> >
> >I have whole-house with Xfinity.  As with DirecTV, I have a mothership
> >DVR that communicates with two little subsidiary units elsewhere in the
> >house, where the other TVs are.
> >
> >I'm still not used to the remote.  I'm not in love with the interface,
> >and I really do miss the five-second backup button.
> >
> >> We still have a landline for various reasons.  I get as many junk calls
> >> on my cell so that was n0t a factor.
> >
> >I get junk on my mobile but, unlike my landlines, I can easily filter
> >it so the phone doesn't even ring.  I set the phone to ring only if the
> >number calling is in my contacts.
> >
> >> They all suck.
> >
> >No argument from me about that.
> >
> >BTW just got an email from DirecTV.  They want the Genie DVR and the
> >two Genie Minis back within a couple of weeks.  (I knew this already.)
> >I'm to bring everything down to FedEx or The UPS Store in a box or a
> >bag or something, let them package the hardware for me, and ship it off
> >at no charge.  I'll do it at the end of the week because the next few
> >days are going to be hell on shippers.
> >
> >Thanks for your input, Ed.
> 
> Make sure you get and keep the receipt you get from FedEx/UPS.  They 
> apparently are in the habit of not shipping until they have a crate full, 
> meaning DTV doesn't receive them in a timely manner, and will want to blame 
> you for not returning them.
> 
> 
> John

Sounds like great advice.  I'll do that.  Thanks, John.

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