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Dish Network or DirectTV?

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  1. Upstate_Shawn Upstate_Shawn is offline

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    Jan 31st, 2009 (1/31/2009 8:40pm)

    Time Warner is raising cable fees again starting 1MAR09. I am done with them. Looking for feedback on Dish and DirectTV.....Pros and cons.

    Thanks in advance.
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    Jan 31st, 2009 (1/31/2009 8:46pm) in reply to Upstate_Shawn

    I had DirecTV for about five years, and liked it a lot. But after a move, we had some technical problems, and their support was BRUTAL.

    So we switched to Dish Network about a year ago...and I like it fine. I miss not being able to get the Extra Innings baseball package, but that's it.
     
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    Jan 31st, 2009 (1/31/2009 8:51pm) in reply to Upstate_Shawn

    i have dish networkand have never had any problems except the internet SUCKS
  4. Dizz05 Dizz05 is offline

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    Jan 31st, 2009 (1/31/2009 8:52pm) in reply to Upstate_Shawn

    DirecTV
  5. pigalet42 pigalet42 is offline

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    Jan 31st, 2009 (1/31/2009 8:53pm) in reply to Upstate_Shawn

    directv - all the sports packages are great, but the NFL package alone is worth it
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    Jan 31st, 2009 (1/31/2009 8:54pm) in reply to Upstate_Shawn

    i have had both direct and dish over the years I liked directtv a lot better it seemed like the picture was better and the channel lineup was better

    i will say that it has been a long time since i had dish so the differences may have been eliminated a long time ago
  7. pauliewlnuts pauliewlnuts is offline

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    Jan 31st, 2009 (1/31/2009 8:54pm) in reply to Upstate_Shawn

    DirectTV and it's not even close
  8. ttk1149 ttk1149 is offline

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    Jan 31st, 2009 (1/31/2009 8:59pm) in reply to pauliewlnuts

    directv for sure... sports packages are great and its cheaper per month i believe..also get a better channel selection
  9. HK_MP5N HK_MP5N is offline

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    Jan 31st, 2009 (1/31/2009 9:00pm) in reply to Upstate_Shawn

    Not even a conversation, DirecTV by a mile.
  10. Defndrofangels Defndrofangels is offline

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    Jan 31st, 2009 (1/31/2009 9:01pm) in reply to HK_MP5N

    I gotta agree, DirectTv, they give you more channels in each of their packages.
  11. gosalukis83 gosalukis83 is offline

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    Jan 31st, 2009 (1/31/2009 9:39pm) in reply to Upstate_Shawn

    I have an absolute horror story about DirectTV.

    Needless to say I wouldn't ever recommend them to anyone, ever, under and circumstances.
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    Jan 31st, 2009 (1/31/2009 9:45pm) in reply to Upstate_Shawn

    DirecTV's customer service is god fucking awful. I've had it for about 3 months, and had to call them like 9 times before they'd finally send somebody out to reposition our dish.

    Don't know anything about Dish, but their customer service can't be worse.

    Now that the dish is repositioned, it's been fine.
  13. userid363 userid363 is offline I want an undertitle

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    Feb 1st, 2009 (2/1/2009 8:55am) in reply to Upstate_Shawn

    Does DirectTV have internet? If it does, does poker software work well?
  14. pigalet42 pigalet42 is offline

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    Feb 1st, 2009 (2/1/2009 10:01am) in reply to userid363

    yes you can get Internet through directv, but like all satellite connections, it's gonna be spotty if the weather is bad
  15. userid363 userid363 is offline I want an undertitle

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    Feb 1st, 2009 (2/1/2009 10:30am) in reply to pigalet42

    yeah that's what I thought, and that's why I stick with Comcast, even though they are thieves. At least I get $10/month off for having both TV and internet. I might even change over for phone service if they give me a really good deal for at least a year.
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