Direct TV vs Dish Network

[roadhunter]

Well, that's not necessarily true. If you live in an area where you have high speed internet then those streaming services are great and good for you. However, lots of us don't have access to those high speeds and some on satellite internet have data caps. So then all those things wonderful streaming services are worthless, that is the case for me and lots of folks. And truthfully you can get Dish with lots of channels, DVR, additional receiver, local channels all for $85 a month. So it has quite a lot more to offer than Sling TV.

That's not necessarily true as High Seed internet is available just about anywhere. When I was in extreme rural Nebraska there was still Viaero which had unlimited plans for streaming in rural Western Kansas, Western Nebraska, and Eastern Colorado. The vast majority of people have access to high speed internet which is almost a necessity at this point. Where do you live in Kansas?

For less than $85 you can beat Direc TV with streaming easily and still have money in your pocket. There isn't any reason to be signing 2 year contracts for TV, Fighting with customer service to be treated fairly, charged for every receiver, charged for HD, etc... Streaming is the future, satellite TV is the past.

 

[kcflhrc]

That's not necessarily true as High Seed internet is available just about anywhere. When I was in extreme rural Nebraska there was still Viaero which had unlimited plans for streaming in rural Western Kansas, Western Nebraska, and Eastern Colorado. The vast majority of people have access to high speed internet which is almost a necessity at this point. Where do you live in Kansas?

For less than $85 you can beat Direc TV with streaming easily and still have money in your pocket. There isn't any reason to be signing 2 year contracts for TV, Fighting with customer service to be treated fairly, charged for every receiver, charged for HD, etc... Streaming is the future, satellite TV is the past.

I install broadband for a living, trust me, nothing is available here to support streaming services even if I wanted to do that. Which I don't. It's not just for me, it's for ease of use for the wife also.

From the Viaero website

ProConnect Internet

Do you stream movies or play video games on line? Or maybe you work from home. Viaero now offers *Unlimited Data with its ProConnect service. This is a new service currently available in select markets and not yet available for purchase online. Please note that this is a "line of sight" service, so one of our technicians will do an on-sight evaluation before service is setup.

If you are interested in unlimited data and would like to know if you are located in a ProConnect service area, please call us at 877-744-4935, find a store near you or submit a Request Pricing form.

Speed Monthly
5 Mbps $35
10 Mbps $45
15 Mbps $65





20 and 25 Mbps speeds and pricing available by request.
*Usage in Excess of 15 Gig in any one day may be slowed due to network Availability and Capacity.


So it's not truly unlimited at the speed you purchase. This is the kind of things you run into when you live rural. I have the AT&T Mobley connected to an Asus router for internet. It consistently runs over 10mbs down but even at that video will buffer. No thanks, I will stay with the Satellite for $85

 

[LD1]

My DSL is 6Mbps. Best they can do over the old phone lines. Not exactly what I would call High speed.

 

[roadhunter]

I install broadband for a living, trust me, nothing is available here to support streaming services even if I wanted to do that. Which I don't. It's not just for me, it's for ease of use for the wife also.

From the Viaero website

ProConnect Internet

Do you stream movies or play video games on line? Or maybe you work from home. Viaero now offers *Unlimited Data with its ProConnect service. This is a new service currently available in select markets and not yet available for purchase online. Please note that this is a "line of sight" service, so one of our technicians will do an on-sight evaluation before service is setup.

If you are interested in unlimited data and would like to know if you are located in a ProConnect service area, please call us at 877-744-4935, find a store near you or submit a Request Pricing form.

Speed Monthly
5 Mbps $35
10 Mbps $45
15 Mbps $65





20 and 25 Mbps speeds and pricing available by request.
*Usage in Excess of 15 Gig in any one day may be slowed due to network Availability and Capacity.


So it's not truly unlimited at the speed you purchase. This is the kind of things you run into when you live rural. I have the AT&T Mobley connected to an Asus router for internet. It consistently runs over 10mbs down but even at that video will buffer. No thanks, I will stay with the Satellite for $85

Like I said high speed internet is available just about anywhere if you tell us where you live I'm sure there are options. Viaero regular internet service worked great for me streaming in rural Nebraska and you certainly have similar options. But if you prefer satellite so be it, it just costs more and requires a 2 year contract. I can watch on any device I have and if I miss an episode I can watch on demand. It takes some getting used to but like I said satellite TV is losing ground every day and like the huge satellites people used to have the little ones will soon be obsolete. Young people just do things differently than the older generations and programming the hopper to record programs, paying for every receiver, paying for HD, signing 2 year contracts, fighting with Direc Tv to get out of contracts, just aren't things they are willing to waste time on.

 

[roadhunter]

My DSL is 6Mbps. Best they can do over the old phone lines. Not exactly what I would call High speed.

Fast enough. I streamed at 4MBPS for a while before they sped things up.

If you guys are happy with the whole process of having satellite TV that's great but you have to understand that as a whole satellite is shrinking and streaming is growing rapidly so at some point it may be worth looking at options, especially if you don't watch all the channels you pay for, as you can probably save some money. Most people on satellite are paying for over 100 channels and they probably watch less than 10 on a regular basis.

 

[kcflhrc]

So to stay on track here the thread title was Direct TV VS Dish Network. Like I said, I install broadband for a living for the #2 Telco in the US, I know what is available to me. Just not gonna work for me in anyway. And yes, I deal with the younger generation daily. The work from home whiners. They complain about 100 mbs which is the highest I install over fiber. Plus they expect 100 mbs wireless which typically aint gonna happen with any router. Trying to explain to those people why they pay for 100 mbs put can only get 80 mbs wirless is a daily routine for me. Then I plug my laptop into the router and run 100 mbs they still cant comprehend for some reason. They always ask if I'm here to install their WiFi. I say no, I'm here to install your HSI. Big difference. Millenials, gotta love em, ***** if they were hung with a new rope. Oops, I'm supposed to be working, sorry.

 

[roadhunter]

So to stay on track here the thread title was Direct TV VS Dish Network. Like I said, I install broadband for a living for the #2 Telco in the US, I know what is available to me. Just not gonna work for me in anyway. And yes, I deal with the younger generation daily. The work from home whiners. They complain about 100 mbs which is the highest I install over fiber. Plus they expect 100 mbs wireless which typically aint gonna happen with any router. Trying to explain to those people why they pay for 100 mbs put can only get 80 mbs wirless is a daily routine for me. Then I plug my laptop into the router and run 100 mbs they still cant comprehend for some reason. They always ask if I'm here to install their WiFi. I say no, I'm here to install your HSI. Big difference. Millenials, gotta love em, ***** if they were hung with a new rope. Oops, I'm supposed to be working, sorry.

That is staying on track? LOL

BTW Sling is part of Dish.

I am sure you have other options available, that's why you didn't say where you live. But that's cool if you prefer satellite. I have no doubt they will gladly take your $100 a month for the next 2 years.

To stay on track here is a recent article that compares the 2 satellite services and their plans. They pick Dish FWIW.
DirecTV vs. DISH 217 Review | Gadget Review

 

[teejk]

Well, that's not necessarily true. If you live in an area where you have high speed internet then those streaming services are great and good for you. However, lots of us don't have access to those high speeds and some on satellite internet have data caps. So then all those things wonderful streaming services are worthless, that is the case for me and lots of folks. And truthfully you can get Dish with lots of channels, DVR, additional receiver, local channels all for $85 a month. So it has quite a lot more to offer than Sling TV.

Agree...we are stuck with Hughesnet for internet with a 15gb data cap (for the low low price of too much).

 

[TheMan419]

I am with dish. I find you need to call them and tell them either get the price down or you are leaving. I always look up their new customer pricing before I call.

They usually offer me one of two things. Either the new customer pricing if I sign a new 2 year contract or some $$ off for 6 months no contract required.

I can usually get them to throw in free hbo or something for a few months as well.

No need to switch every 2 years.

 

[EddieWalker]

Speaking of Millennials and their viewing choices, we've seen it with my wife's kids and their friends. Instead of finishing a free college degree at UT, they work as little as possible so they can spend more time gaming. They refuse to have Cable or Satellite TV. They watch over the air broadcasts and download Netflix. It's all about what's cheapest because they live off of as little money as possible. I've been hearing that both Cable and Satellite numbers are shrinking, and from what there is to chose from to watch, I thought I understood why, but when the kids and their friends are around, it's obvious that they think differently then we do, and for whatever reason, seem to enjoy their struggle in life more then any other generation before them. They also whine and complain about not having anything, more then any other group of people I've ever met. I read somewhere that the best word to describe them in "lazy." They just don't want to do anything, so they live like bums and justify it by complaining about everyone they can think of to blame for their not accomplishing anything.

What's funny, is when they come over to our home, they just want to sit and watch TV. They watch all the channels they can't get when streaming.

 

[TnAndy]

I have a personal goal of being the last person on the planet that doesn't have a smart phone.

Then you have some serious competition from my house....

Got a 15 buck/mo flip phone the wife keeps in her car for emergency use.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I do all my own dish install, moves, etc. I own all my dish equip, no rental fee.

 

[Dftodd]

Didn't have much of an issue with dish network as long as things went smoothly. Customer service stinks. But then again satellite and cell phone companies tend to have pretty crappy customer service anyway. biggest beef with them was dropping and losing channels periodically do to contract negotiations. Finally just got fed up with satellite in general. Ditched the dish, put up an amplified antennae on the roof where the dish was to get local stations to keep up with the news. And use a roku stick with Netflix. Much happier and only costs $10 per month :cool2:

 

[Dftodd]

Agree...we are stuck with Hughesnet for internet with a 15gb data cap (for the low low price of too much).

Neighbor signed up with them also. I had suggested DSL through the local phone provider when they moved in and asked about utilities. It was unlimited usage for a set price. At the time though it was a 3mbps speed and was to slow for what they "needed". A few month later they hooked up the fiber optics they ran a few years before. Neighbor was griping about hughesnet a couple months later, when I had the phone company out updating the lines to my house and getting my speed bumped up to 50mbps. They had a special lifetime promo for existing customers. So my speed got bumped to the max, for the price of the 3mbps. He made the switch to dsl, but ended up having to pay the full price which worked out to about the same as hughesnet. But at least it's unlimited without the throttling.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

We were Direct tv subscribers for over 15 years. Every year, the price creeps up and up, trying to secure any meaningful discount for customer loyalty was fruitless. Threats to move to Dish tv were not a concern to Direct.
Finally,with the wife constantly lobbying for a severe budget cut for tv, I cancelled DTV and locked into Dish. An immediate $68 cut in monthly cost, locked in for two years. I had some issues reprogramming my brain to learn the Dish remote, but I get more movie channels, and the local college team now, that DTV didn't offer.
One other thing, after about 2 months, I caught the cable that goes to the house with the lawnmower and destroyed it. Dish came out that same day and replaced it at no charge, even though it was clearly my fault. I intend to reward that kind of service with my continued subscription until There is a better option.

The first part explains us. 17 year customers of DirecTV. I don't like their "extra prices" for HD, or extra TV's using hopper or joey devices. We quit, haven't signed up to Dish yet....using Netflix, Roku, Hulu and Amazon Prime.

I'm about to buy an outdoor antenna, but I need it to pick up 60 miles. the cheap one I have my eye on seems to have problems with the amplifier dying after a few months...It's always something.

 

[dmccarty]

My DSL is 6Mbps. Best they can do over the old phone lines. Not exactly what I would call High speed.

Fast enough. I streamed at 4MBPS for a while before they sped things up.
...

We have a whopping 1.5 mbps and we are able to stream without much problem. We added a second 1.5 mbps line to the house so that we have one line and the kids have the other. Prior to the second line we might have some buffering from time to time if the kids and we were streaming. If we have any buffering now, it is time to reset the router and modem.

The numbers I have seen suggest that pay TV has peaked and subscribers are dropping the service to never return. I can't ever see us returning to Pay TV, there simply is nothing on to watch not to mention the ever increasing cost. I can get on YouTube, get completely lost watching various programs and hours go by without me noticing. :shocked: I was up until 2:30am Saturday night/Sunday morning watching videos of The Avett Brothers. :shocked: Gotta stop doing that.... :laughing::laughing::laughing:

Later,
Dan

 

[Larry Caldwell]

I've been with Dish for about 20 years. They have treated me fairly, and always repaired the system free of charge, even when a yard guy broke the satellite dish. Right now I just upgraded to the new Hopper 3, which records 16 shows at a time, stores 2000 hours of HDTV, and loads recorded shows onto my Samsung Android tablet for TV viewing when I'm on the road. It would do that remotely, but my home internet is too slow to upload shows onto the web. As long as I do it at home, it works fine, but it won't use the memory upgrade in my tablet for security reasons. You can watch shows on a cell phone, but that's a pretty small screen. I think they probably have an app for Apple products too.

 

[PILOON]

Every 2 weeks I receive 'package offers' in the mail but (just to bug them) I call to take the offer*.
The answer is always the same once I give them my ZIP code.
No service in your area!

Shame is that when TV was analogue I got all the channels I wanted but digital changed all that.
So we have limited (private) internet, land line phone as cell is spotty and satellite TV.
Result is that we don't benefit from any package (bundle*) deals.
Forget VOIP
Very costly.

And yet the providers receive all sorts of gov't subsidies'

*Phone, TV and internet package.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

My DSL is 6Mbps. Best they can do over the old phone lines. Not exactly what I would call High speed.

My DSL is 1 mbps, and I'm lucky to get that. It was installed by an enthusiastic tech. When I checked with the phone company about slow service they said I was too far from the switch to get digital service.

 

[kcflhrc]

Every 2 weeks I receive 'package offers' in the mail but (just to bug them) I call to take the offer*.
The answer is always the same once I give them my ZIP code.
No service in your area!

Shame is that when TV was analogue I got all the channels I wanted but digital changed all that.
So we have limited (private) internet, land line phone as cell is spotty and satellite TV.
Result is that we don't benefit from any package (bundle*) deals.
Forget VOIP
Very costly.

And yet the providers receive all sorts of gov't subsidies'

*Phone, TV and internet package.

Do you even know what VOIP is and how it works? You say it's costly but it is dependent on your internet connection. VOIP itself is not costly but the internet speed that supports it can be.