Originally Posted by
Cycle Pilot
I've been a die hard cable customer for years. How do you all like DirectTV? I live in California so I don't have to worry about snow and thunderstorms taking out the dish signal. I do live in a townhome, though. Their website is a little confusing. Should I expect extra "surprise" charges popping up, because there sure is a lot of fine print on their promos.
I've had it for years and it's great other than the price. I lived in TX and had a couple storms a year that messed up the signal and now I live in Idaho and the snow messes it up about once per winter. I used to pay just over $50 per month and my bill has slowly crept up to $72. I did add HD so really it's just went up $12/mo. They will charge you for your base package, DVR service, HD programming, lots of taxes, etc. My base package is $50 and my bill ends up being $72 with HD DVR service.
I'm thinking of ditching TV service entirely and using the HD over the air antenna to get locals for free in HD, Netflix, and the various websites to watch TV. With a TIVO for the locals and Netflix, I'm sure I could get all I want to watch for under $25/mo.