AT&T picks DirecTV for their DBS partner starting 2/1/2009
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Sorry I must disagree.I'm sure there have been AT&T subscribers upset because Dish lost MLB,VOOM,not having access to Sunday Ticket.Being sued by Tivo, not having Tivo.A DVR fee for each DVR.Higher priced Locals Dish $5. DirecTV $3..DirecTV has more national basic channels than Dish plus more HD channels&HD locals with a prediction for even more HD channels and HD locals for next year with the launch of D12.
get your facts straight. I've been with E for 10 years and i can tell you Att made the right choice. Do a little reading about both companies before posting something like that
AT&T must have dropped them for some important reasons to make such a switchover like that and I am sure they were not for little things either.
What does At&t have to do with the production of DVR's? Please get your facts straight
Last I looked, the HR20 was a pretty damm good dvr. Just as good as the 722. With just about all the same features. Maybe you need to take a second look.
How does the signal reach the receiver this way?
Qwest, too, offers a bundle package with Direct TV. Would the AT&T package work in a similar manner? For either Qwest or AT&T:
1) Does the signal come into your house and the satellite receiver via the traditional mini-dish, or mini-dishes depending on your location, or does (can?) the signal come through the fiber optic cables, or similar?
2) Would one have to drop Qwest phone and DSL and switch to AT&T? I'm not sure if that is an option in my area.
3) Any known or perceived differences between bundling Direct TV with Qwest as opposed to AT&T?
I've been with DISH almost as long as they've been around. The loss of the VOOM HD channels swept away almost all my brand loyalty to DISH. If I can get a bundle package with HD without the need for a dish, I'm just about ready to make that change.
(If it was available in my area, I'd sign up with Cablevsion or FIOS just to get VOOM back. I recently went to their website to see what they were offering nowadays. The depth and diversity on Monstervision and the Kung Fu channels made my heart ache. If only the powers that be could have worked things out.)
Qwest, too, offers a bundle package with Direct TV. Would the AT&T package work in a similar manner? For either Qwest or AT&T:
1) Does the signal come into your house and the satellite receiver via the traditional mini-dish, or mini-dishes depending on your location, or does (can?) the signal come through the fiber optic cables, or similar?
2) Would one have to drop Qwest phone and DSL and switch to AT&T? I'm not sure if that is an option in my area.
3) Any known or perceived differences between bundling Direct TV with Qwest as opposed to AT&T?
I've been with DISH almost as long as they've been around. The loss of the VOOM HD channels swept away almost all my brand loyalty to DISH. If I can get a bundle package with HD without the need for a dish, I'm just about ready to make that change.
(If it was available in my area, I'd sign up with Cablevsion or FIOS just to get VOOM back. I recently went to their website to see what they were offering nowadays. The depth and diversity on Monstervision and the Kung Fu channels made my heart ache. If only the powers that be could have worked things out.)
Just checked at CNBC.COM, DTV was unchanged, DISH was -11.65%, guess Wall Street didn't like the news.
Yes.
Yes. To get the AT&T+D* bundle, you'd need an AT&T landline, or possibly AT&T DSL w/o a phone (dry loop DSL). Probably not available in your area, though. If AT&T wireless is in your area, they might offer a D* bundle. You'd have to ask them.
No SBC bought AT&t, took over the AT&T name, then bought BellSouth.
I have both AT&T and DirecTV and can't wait for the $5 (or whatever it will be) discount.
D*, along with FiOS TV and U-Verse, are continuing to acquire disgruntled cable customers…and unhappy E* customers in the process. E* had better work out their customer acquisition, customer satisfaction, and customer retention programs or they will have trouble going forward. Let’s face facts...D* is pummeling E* when it comes to marketing, and Cable and the Telcos offer a better value (bundled discounts).
Maybe the discounts will be different this time around, we got a whopping $ 5 off our bill (at&t employee) if we has DISH, yippie.
I know we get 25 % off of our U-Verse if it's available to us.
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