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[Actively looking at new cable providers]
Sunday, 20 December 2020 08:31But for now, DirectTV is just fine.It has its issues for sure(not for areas where you get any sort of bad weather because it can and does go out when the weather is bad.Luckily in the 2 plus years that we have had Direct we haven’t had a lot of issues but occasionally we do.
It’s a whole lot better than uVerse which was horrible(I feel bad for anyone who still has them as an internet provider because they’re terrible.OTOH when we complained about certain things, we got free premium channels and I did like that.)
Direct has some pluses for sure- their DVR’s have a lot of storage room-you can record a lot of shows/movies and still have a lot of space(sometimes I will tape a bunch of shows and it takes me a while to get to them.Eventually if they are on there I delete them.I make that executive decision and(mostly) don’t feel badly about it.
That being said,I have been doing some research and to be honest, Direct is seeming very good to me.All of the cable companies that are available in my area have their pluses and minuses. Direct’s are their On Demand(which is very extensive they even have a lot of free TV shows) and, as I mentioned before, the DVR.
Minuses:The also previously mentioned weather issues.And the occasional issues too but some of those can be fixed by googling(had to do that the other day actually)
Friends of my dad’s just got Spectrum(they’re new to the area) but it’s not available where I live(yet). Yeah..Spectrum is not perfect either. Lots of issues with customer service. That, to me is a red flag.I remember a few times that it took uVerse a few days to get out there when something went wrong. And one of the modems that we had was(partly) battery operated and of course the battery died right after something very important-one of the Hannibal season finales-so I had to use the internet at Starbucks.
It’s a whole lot better than uVerse which was horrible(I feel bad for anyone who still has them as an internet provider because they’re terrible.OTOH when we complained about certain things, we got free premium channels and I did like that.)
Direct has some pluses for sure- their DVR’s have a lot of storage room-you can record a lot of shows/movies and still have a lot of space(sometimes I will tape a bunch of shows and it takes me a while to get to them.Eventually if they are on there I delete them.I make that executive decision and(mostly) don’t feel badly about it.
That being said,I have been doing some research and to be honest, Direct is seeming very good to me.All of the cable companies that are available in my area have their pluses and minuses. Direct’s are their On Demand(which is very extensive they even have a lot of free TV shows) and, as I mentioned before, the DVR.
Minuses:The also previously mentioned weather issues.And the occasional issues too but some of those can be fixed by googling(had to do that the other day actually)
Friends of my dad’s just got Spectrum(they’re new to the area) but it’s not available where I live(yet). Yeah..Spectrum is not perfect either. Lots of issues with customer service. That, to me is a red flag.I remember a few times that it took uVerse a few days to get out there when something went wrong. And one of the modems that we had was(partly) battery operated and of course the battery died right after something very important-one of the Hannibal season finales-so I had to use the internet at Starbucks.
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