Directv Going To Lease Only On 3/1/06

**lou_do** · 01-12-2006 09:33 PM

Originally Posted by charper1

I like the descriptive word BASICALLY

Basically meaning there may be a few different networks on one that the other doesn't have. I didn't count the beans.

**lou_do** · 01-12-2006 09:54 PM

Originally Posted by dragon002

and if BHN means BRIGHTHOUSE, they ar a regional cableco, nothing more, and a small one at that.

here in w. pa , we have small ARMSTRONG enclaves, GREAT cx service, really cheap monthly bills, and great internet.

when you go national, that is when the problems start.

Correct, it is Brighthouse.

My point, it is like saying if the little Mom & Pop store on the corner can sell it for $86.00, why does the big volume box store have to sell it for $104.00?

**Jimbo** · 01-12-2006 09:56 PM

A few pages back, in the report about all this, it was stated that your mirroring fee would become your leasing fee, Does that mean I will be leasing my 2 H10's for $5.00 p/m, st one free, right ?

What happens if I want to get 2 HR-20's when they come out, and turn off the H-10's.
I was hoping to buy the 2 HR -20s , I hate addl monthly bills.

I don't see the HR-20's coming out before March 28th.

No word on what the lease charges will be, I can't believe I can rent a NEW HR-20 for 5 dollars a month.

If they wanted to do things right, the lease would END when you have reached the value of the receiver.

Dropping prices a bit would be a nice change of pace.

Dropping the 10.99 HD fee would make a lot of people happy, and maybe get more people into HD.

Of course, D* would never tell the public this info, they will probably drop it on everyones lap at the end of March.

Jimbo

**raymo721** · 01-12-2006 10:42 PM

How would this effect a retailer like Weakness who upgrades Tivo's with the larger hard drives? Would they not be able to get the new D* dvrs to upgrade?--Ray

**Stargazer** · 01-12-2006 10:42 PM

I wonder how affordable this wi-max broadband service will be and if it will be available everywhere or if it will have limited areas.

**mjitkop** · 01-12-2006 11:18 PM

Originally Posted by raymo721

How would this effect a retailer like Weakness who upgrades Tivo's with the larger hard drives? Would they not be able to get the new D* dvrs to upgrade?--Ray

I don't know about WeaKnees specifically but I was wondering the same thing for customers in general.
It seems to me that if you don't own the hardware anymore, you won't be allowed to modify it (upgrade to a bigger hard drive). What if you do modify it and comes one day they tell you you must give your receiver back for another model? If they see that you modified it, are you gonna get in trouble financially? Probably, I would say.

**Digital Dude** · 01-13-2006 01:01 AM

Originally Posted by syphix

Scott - broadband via satellite or DSL?

I have wireless broadband. It is a small 11"x8"x3" antenna that mounts on top of your house. It works like microwave transmissions. The wireless is on Cell towers and works within 4 miles of the towers. Our price is $29 a month for 500kps down/256kps upload. My ISP just signed a contract with Direc to sell direc, just add VOIP.

This from Celerity website

How It Works
Celerity Networks provides high speed Internet service via a state-of-the-art wireless broadband system. Unlike DSL or cable modem we do not depend on the availability of legacy telephone or cable TV infrastructure. Unlike satellite our performance does not suffer from the delay associated with a 23,000-mile path up and down.

A small 3” x 11” antenna mounted on the customer’s roof connects directly to one of our base stations located within a distance of 2-3 miles. The base stations are in turn connected to a high-speed ethernet-over-fiber connection to the Internet. The air-link between the customer and the base station is a proprietary system that uses authentication and encryption to protect against rogue users and attackers.

The customer antenna connects to a broadband router via a standard CAT 5 ethernet cable. A surge suppressor and grounding is included to protect the customer’s equipment from lightning or static discharges. An AC adapter powers the antenna over the CAT 5 cable.

The router acts as a firewall to protect the customer’s home network from Internet attackers and is an administrative demarcation point that allows customers to build their home network independently. Celerity Networks believes that home networking is an area of tremendous innovation that we wish to support. Customers do not pay extra for multiple computers and are free to use the Internet however they like, subject only to their own restrictions.

Pics attached..

from...
http://www.celeritynetworks.com/howworks.htm

**Tom B** · 01-13-2006 07:07 AM

This news is, of course, from the same company that told retailers it would begin offering significantly viewed channels on 11/9/05.

**Proc** · 01-13-2006 07:31 AM

It wouldn't bother me if D* goes to a lease system. I don't see any advantage (in my case anyway) of owning the equipment. I bought an H20 last night and now have an H10 and D10 that I "own" sitting back in the boxes they came in collecting dust. I would assume that if you lease, D* would be responsible for fixing and/or replacing any defective receivers.

They may drop the price of the Total Choice Plus for those with locals? And possible drop the HD package price too? Sounds good to me.

**hancox** · 01-13-2006 08:05 AM

Originally Posted by LonghornXP

The biggest drop will be for total choice premier customers with local channels. They know they must redo their pricing to compete with cable packages. I've also got hints that HD customers might just get the HD Package at no extra cost.

I'm selfish, but I hope they only do this for TCPr. Why? As someone with only one premium pack (sports) - it's the only way I could ever sell the Mrs on TCPr!