Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!feeder.usenetexpress.com!feeder-in1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!buffer2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!buffer1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2018 16:03:36 -0600 Subject: Re: Farewell Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2018 17:03:37 -0500 From: "Dr. Personality" Newsgroups: alt.dbs.directv Reply-To: Dr. Personality Message-ID: <251220181703375813%affable@no.com.invalid> References: <201220181706303720%affable@no.com.invalid> <241220180031364566%affable@no.com.invalid> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Thoth/1.9.1 (Mac OS X) Lines: 66 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-vP8I/KbdHkm05FmYlg3u3EzWwrwjeNDFxxGg77V3WKSfEuNPxRV+k0vx61C9AZ16CysEY8tWbqFn4p9!nI10gVu0P6H/qU09+CUqlmLtshXk0MLg4XMr50asbbu5FGiFSgJ+vO0PtboUsz9wDgMAfDg= X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 4045 Xref: csiph.com alt.dbs.directv:5430 In article , Co_Beachbum wrote: > "Dr. Personality" wrote in message > news:241220180031364566%affable@no.com.invalid... > > > >In article , Ed Pawlowski > > 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.