How do you get your TV Signal??

[black roadster]

We had FIOS at the old place it it was great but we were forced to change to something else with the recent move. I agree the U-Verse Customer Service is less than stellar but no problem with the service other wise. We have it for the Telly, Internets and DVR. We had a choice of U-verse, Cable or Sattelite. So far, so good. Fingers crossed. We will keep an eye on the bill though. Thanks for the heads up.

In my opinion though, all of them suck in some form or another. FIOS was the only service where we had zero issues, a great installer who told us to call him first if we had problems. He even gave us his cell number but never had to use it.

I've had DirectTV, DISH, and Time Warner and they all gave me problems of one form or another. The sattelite services are the worst when it comes to lost signal as any major storm knocks out your service. TW, Fios and U-Verse never gave me service interuptions. All of them try to jack up the rates overtime but I just threaten to cancel and all of a sudden, I get my old rates reinstated.

[Magma]

FIOS baby

[trickyrix]

I've dealt with FiOS (I have it now), U-Verse, Dish, DirecTV, and cable provider du jour. Since FiOS isn't an option for you, I think your next best TV option would be Dish. Customer service wasn't bad at all with Dish, and they bundled with SBC for phone and interwebz - that was many years ago when DSL was the shit, so I don't know what they do now. The downside is that you lose your signal when the weather gets crappy. Sometimes it would take a dump if it got cloudy. Sometimes it would be fine through heavy storms. Go figure. DirecTV was the same way.

My folks have UVerse and I can't stand it. They put up with it since they rarely watch anything but CBS (Wheel of Fortune, NCIS, Big Bang Theory, etc). Their equipment sucks, their service sucks, their billing sucks, etc.

DirecTV was okay, but they decided to start price gouging when the folks upgraded to HD. They didn't give a single shit that they had been good customers for 15 years. For new customers, you can get some pretty good deals, and you don't have to buy their expensive equipment.

Cable fucking sucks. There, I said it. I will never deal with any cable company ever again. I don't care if their internet is speedy or if they have free HD porn, of if they give me 3 free years of HBO. Screw cable with a hot poker in the butt. YMMV.

[motorollow]

wow, trickyrix has been a little cranky lately

[trickyrix]

Me? I just hate cable...

[chriscar]

wow, trickyrix has been a little cranky lately

^that's what happens when you don't get free HD porn.

C

[sammm]

I pulled the trigger on DirecTV. 2 years of free NFL Sunday Ticket clinched it for me.

[gabkwong]

Me? I just hate cable...

Last time I was using the fXXking cable, they treated me like I was on their hand out! Fxxk them!

[trickyrix]

I pulled the trigger on DirecTV. 2 years of free NFL Sunday Ticket clinched it for me.

Well done... that's not a bad deal at all. I think Sunday Ticket had crept up to almost $300/season before my folks dropped DTV.

[driftdevil]

Should have gave you my account number so we both could get $10 a month off. Oh well.

[sammm]

Should have gave you my account number so we both could get $10 a month off. Oh well.

Bummer....didn't know.

[driftdevil]

Yeah I always forget about it too.

[Squid]

So how do you get you TV signal???

My contract is almost up with Dish Network, and I'm thinking about switching to DirecTV!

I like DirecTV -- the service has been great and the reception is good as well. I got the maintenance option ($3 a month) and if things get weak they come out and replace the LMB on the dish.
I had one long outage, due to upgrade of the receiver's card, and they comp'd me for the time down. Only company I have seen do that.

[MoonieGT]

We ditched cable 3 years ago and haven't looked back since. We watch netflix and hulu.