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Originally posted by Chronic Hobbit:
I should drop kick Charter. I only ask them not to screw up once or twice a week.
Be careful about the contracts. DirecTV's is just brutal, it's why I finally decided to dump them (now have NFL Game Pass thanks to some trickery). Look into providers like AT&T's U-Verse and Veriozon's FiOS and their policies on contracts and setup fees before settling for DTV or Dish Network.
I just despise service contracts I guess. I don't have one on my mobile phone either (paid up front for my phone and use prepaid service). Being able to cancel my phone, Internet and TV services at any time is very convenient for me. If you're a person that watches a lot of TV, the contract is no big deal, but aside from a bit of baseball, I hardly ever turn it on during the offseason.
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Originally posted by Hauser:
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Originally posted by Pack-Man:
DirecTV's is just brutal, it's why I finally decided to dump them


What's brutal about it?
No way to actually own your receiver boxes, so every time you cancel and want to renew (something people like me who don't watch much TV want to do), you're in a new contract. The ETF also costs hundreds of dollars. The fact that they think they can jam you into a contract just to start service is ridiculous. If I could actually own the boxes and start and stop service at my leisure, I'd still be a customer. Also, I can't say that I miss losing signal almost every time it rains.
I made up my mind that I was finished with them when I had to miss the entire first quarter against the Bears in week 3 last year. Their dumb blackout policies forced me to watch an overtime game between the Lions and Vikings. The picture quality of NFL Game Pass isn't as good as NFL Sunday Ticket's, but the savings are massive. I have no contracts from Comcast for my TV/Internet bundle, and I never have to worry about blackouts. If the game I want is blacked out in the home country of the IP address I'm using, I just switch to another country (had to switch from a Canadian IP to a British one to get the game last week).

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