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The local telephone company is getting rid of their TV provider. They are offering DirecTV streaming as authorized reseller or you are free to use another service.
If you sign up for DirecTV through the phone company they discount the price by $20 the first year and $10 the second year, but they are charging $10 per month for unlimited DVR. There is a $10 charge per month for each TV box for the first 12 months.
If you go to DirecTV's web site they have two current offers. They do not charge a $10 unlimited DVR fee per month. Offer 1 is $10 off for the first three months with $10 per TV box for the first 12 months. The second offer is $10 off the first 5 months if you buy the TV boxes outright ($120 new / $49.95 certified).
We were looking at the Ultimate pack with 3 TV boxes and no premium channels. If you purchased this directly from DirecTV it would be $70 or $90 more expensive in the first year than going through the phone company. The second year would have the same cost. By the third year and every year thereafter it would $120 cheaper than going through the phone company because you are not paying for the unlimited DVR service.
I asked the telephone company why they are charging for this and they replied that they can't take advantage of deals you order by phone or through the website. After dong a little more digging I find that the actual process of signing up for DirecTV involves you making a initial registration with the phone company and they calling you back. They then set up a conference call with DirecTV to complete the order by phone. So we are in fact not ordering through the phone company but DirecTV so the phone company is lying. The registration process only lets you choose the package and not how TV boxes you want or other options.
So I attempted to place a order through the DirecTV's web site. I enter all the details and it displays an pink and red error box with an explanation box under the Payment Method that states "Oops, there was a problem. Please try again later". I cleared the browser cache, restarted the browser. I also used a different browser. I also used another credit card. Each card was charged a temporary of $30 multiple times which were then deducted of later in the day. There were also multiple charges of $0.00 from AT&T.
I called them to find out the problem and they offered to complete the deal by phone. You must give them your name, phone number, email, address and social security and indicate what product you want. They then send a confirmation code to your which you need to verify. Then they send a second email with a link to their website to confirm your agreement to their terms. Then they process the order. Their claim that you can order form their website is completely false and has nothing to do with the credit card.
I went through this process four times and each time they told me the credit cards were being declined. I tried four credit cards. I called the credit card company and they said their was no issue on their end and it was on DirecTV's end. In one call I had DirecTV setup a conference call with one of the credit card companies and they were told it was DirecTV's problem. In one of these calls I was told they would retain my information and call back in 30 minutes and they never did. No information was ever retained and I needed to tell them everything again.
Prior to having DirecTV set up a conference call one of these reps wanted me to call the credit card company on a cell phone while I was talking on a land line to DirecTV. Even after I told him this would require me to leave the home and drive a couple blocks away to get good reception he still thought it would be a good idea (so he could get a sales credit).
Then of course the deal in which you could get $10 off the first 5 months by buying the TV boxes outright was no longer valid even though its shown on their page for streaming. Another rep said this was only for satellite, which was another lie.
Then they tried to push me into buying satellite service. So exactly how would the same credit cards now go through if I ordered satellite instead?
I also called AT&T, but they did nothing and just reconnected me with DirecTV.
So what appears to be going on here is that they have granted the local phone company exclusive rights as a reseller in phone company service area and they want to force everyone to pay a higher price through the phone company. That is called price fixing and they have earned themselves a complaint with my state's attorney general.
One thing for sure is that this one dishonest horrible company. No wonder they went from 25 million users in 2017 to 15.4 million by mid 2021.
Avoid at all costs!
If you sign up for DirecTV through the phone company they discount the price by $20 the first year and $10 the second year, but they are charging $10 per month for unlimited DVR. There is a $10 charge per month for each TV box for the first 12 months.
If you go to DirecTV's web site they have two current offers. They do not charge a $10 unlimited DVR fee per month. Offer 1 is $10 off for the first three months with $10 per TV box for the first 12 months. The second offer is $10 off the first 5 months if you buy the TV boxes outright ($120 new / $49.95 certified).
We were looking at the Ultimate pack with 3 TV boxes and no premium channels. If you purchased this directly from DirecTV it would be $70 or $90 more expensive in the first year than going through the phone company. The second year would have the same cost. By the third year and every year thereafter it would $120 cheaper than going through the phone company because you are not paying for the unlimited DVR service.
I asked the telephone company why they are charging for this and they replied that they can't take advantage of deals you order by phone or through the website. After dong a little more digging I find that the actual process of signing up for DirecTV involves you making a initial registration with the phone company and they calling you back. They then set up a conference call with DirecTV to complete the order by phone. So we are in fact not ordering through the phone company but DirecTV so the phone company is lying. The registration process only lets you choose the package and not how TV boxes you want or other options.
So I attempted to place a order through the DirecTV's web site. I enter all the details and it displays an pink and red error box with an explanation box under the Payment Method that states "Oops, there was a problem. Please try again later". I cleared the browser cache, restarted the browser. I also used a different browser. I also used another credit card. Each card was charged a temporary of $30 multiple times which were then deducted of later in the day. There were also multiple charges of $0.00 from AT&T.
I called them to find out the problem and they offered to complete the deal by phone. You must give them your name, phone number, email, address and social security and indicate what product you want. They then send a confirmation code to your which you need to verify. Then they send a second email with a link to their website to confirm your agreement to their terms. Then they process the order. Their claim that you can order form their website is completely false and has nothing to do with the credit card.
I went through this process four times and each time they told me the credit cards were being declined. I tried four credit cards. I called the credit card company and they said their was no issue on their end and it was on DirecTV's end. In one call I had DirecTV setup a conference call with one of the credit card companies and they were told it was DirecTV's problem. In one of these calls I was told they would retain my information and call back in 30 minutes and they never did. No information was ever retained and I needed to tell them everything again.
Prior to having DirecTV set up a conference call one of these reps wanted me to call the credit card company on a cell phone while I was talking on a land line to DirecTV. Even after I told him this would require me to leave the home and drive a couple blocks away to get good reception he still thought it would be a good idea (so he could get a sales credit).
Then of course the deal in which you could get $10 off the first 5 months by buying the TV boxes outright was no longer valid even though its shown on their page for streaming. Another rep said this was only for satellite, which was another lie.
Then they tried to push me into buying satellite service. So exactly how would the same credit cards now go through if I ordered satellite instead?
I also called AT&T, but they did nothing and just reconnected me with DirecTV.
So what appears to be going on here is that they have granted the local phone company exclusive rights as a reseller in phone company service area and they want to force everyone to pay a higher price through the phone company. That is called price fixing and they have earned themselves a complaint with my state's attorney general.
One thing for sure is that this one dishonest horrible company. No wonder they went from 25 million users in 2017 to 15.4 million by mid 2021.
Avoid at all costs!
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Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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On Tuesday, I recorded the first episodes of the new season's NCIS shows on CBS (Dish provided, not OTA). The new New York series and Origins will both do Auto Skip, but the original, now season 24 does not. What's stranger, when I do a search for NCIS, Origins and New York show the current recording and the next episode it will record, but the original show only shows the current recording and some other channel showing the very first episode of season one. It makes no sense. When I set up the timers, I was able to use search for Origins and New York, but for the original, I had to scroll ahead in the guide until last Tuesday when the show was airing. Then set the timer from there. You can see its timer type is DVR where the other two are Seek. What am I missing?
Thanks!
Thanks!
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I created this thread on the original Edgecutter Cutting Edge Forums site. It's simply a place for those to review the latest software available for those using Windows 10 and Windows 11. To date it has received 112,559 views. I have been asked by staff to continue this thread here.
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To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.
For niche use cases, yes I agree. Kali for ethical hacking and security testing, and running a Cacti server for network monitoring are the two things I have experience in. Plus thousands and thousands of other things, but for every day use I just can't see it. The owner of the GMRS repeater that I pay to access is changing the Tx DPL tones tomorrow, while Chirp is available on Linux, the software to program my MXT500 is not.To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.
I run Fedora and Ubuntu in VMWare, honestly I don't care much for the UI of either of them and I don't feel like spending days/weeks to customize the UI to make it look Windows-like when I could just use Windows. The cartoonish dock at the bottom of the screen reminds me of Apple products.
As I said above, and, FWIW, I run Win11 Pro and Arch on separate 250 GB NVME drives, using F8 to select which I boot to, with a 1TB SSD for storage, accessible to both OSs and a third formatted Nvme I want to use to learn Kali. It was much faster to setup Arch than it was to strip down Windows. Windows still takes much longer to boot.
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Hard getting used to the new younger Gibbs, Mark Harmons son had the right look but I understand he didn't want the role.
Still I'm enjoying, pretty good job with Franks.
Still I'm enjoying, pretty good job with Franks.
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Wasn't exactly sure where to post this. Just had a customer come in inquiring about internet. He has HughesNet and had heard good things about mine. He asked if we provided email addresses and it kinda caught me off guard. I said he should be able to keep whatever email he had been using....my sister in law is still using a BellSouth email addy and they haven't been around here for many years. He said he had gotten a letter from HughesNet stating that they had until Nov 16th to save, move, forward, whatever, their Hughesnet emails because they would lose them after that date.
I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.
Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.
Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
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Still the same number of years, just more Sunsets…Wouldn't we then die of old age sooner?
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Starting a thread klang !
After an amazing first 2 seasons and an 8 episode 3rd season still coming this year, season 4 has now been greenlit.
After an amazing first 2 seasons and an 8 episode 3rd season still coming this year, season 4 has now been greenlit.
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One episode into season 4 that dropped today...
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This thread is a place to discuss the 4K events that appear on channel 540. We are getting, at this point, one college football game a week. Let's hope there is more coming.
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Hmmm, I'm not seeing anything like those events in our Hopper 3 guide for tonight or Saturday.
I went into the Tools menu and requested a Guide Update. I'll try looking at it after the update completes.
edit — I now have the 148-01 4KFox events for Saturday, but not anything for 148-02 or 148-03 which don't even show as available channels. I do have 148-04 4KUSA.
As I recall you have the Flex package. Do you sub to multisport? -02 is FS1 and -03 is ESPN. -01 is Fox so you would get that if you sub to locals.Hmmm, I'm not seeing anything like those events in our Hopper 3 guide for tonight or Saturday.
I went into the Tools menu and requested a Guide Update. I'll try looking at it after the update completes.
edit — I now have the 148-01 4KFox events for Saturday, but not anything for 148-02 or 148-03 which don't even show as available channels. I do have 148-04 4KUSA.