Hiya,
Here's my rural viewpoint:
DirecTV:
We use DirecTV on two Satellite recievers, one dish.
Our premium bundle includes HBO.
Last week there was a Viacom blackout (which included
Comedy Channel.)
I do not expect to be reimbursed at all.
The Texas-based 800 Phone service has outright lied to
us regarding charges
we incurred to re-adjust dish pointing. Prior to
service I was told that the
standard $50.00 visit would be waived, but it wasn't.
Naturally,
they called back to invite us to do a survey. (I
almost cussed at em.)
Our DirecTV does not include Internet-anything (THAT
would DOUBLE our costs).
Being that Tonopah has NO cable, and NO Fiber for
residents, it's a monopoly.
CenturyLink/QWest:
We have a CAT3 land line with QWest/CenturyLink and
are lucky to get a dial tone.
For fifteen years phone service, the fail rate is
about four days every two years.
Years ago, lightening killed my DirecTV receiver
through the phone line.
Seems that windy wet weather can kill equipment at my
local substation too.
The station is less than a mile away, but they cannot
offer us DSL service. huh?
It has multiple fiber T-1 links from local schools ten
miles away.
A new housing sub-division, 15 miles distant, recently
began offering DSL service.
Nearby folks have dumped ALL telco services for one
DSL connection.
Our Unified School District is five hundred square
miles.
Being that Tonopah has only 7 thousand residents, it's
a monopoly too.
Side notes:
There is a QWest CFO in Federal jail today for pension
embezzelment.
There WAS a national Uniform Service Fund that telcos
should be using, but
the FCC is now TWO YEARS behind in accounting for
state expenditures.
Arizona is only one state that FCC regulation ignores.
Should I mention that the FCC operates like a
monopoly?
I wouldn't know who to complain to, and have to chalk
it up to rural life.
If you think a new name or new management would change
my opinion ...
(-: Chas.M. :-)
Date: Wed, 25 Jul
2012 19:08:39 -0700
From:
parabellum7@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: CenturyLink/DirectTV
To:
plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Nice thing about DSL is you can pick
your ISP. We used FastQ when we lived in Mesa,
it was good. Didn't have the peak speeds Cox
did but it was much more consistent and
reliable. And, we had static IP's and could
run home servers, unlike cocks. Your results
may vary, but should be good performance if
fiber is in your hood. Century Link Customer
Service is a sea of menus and sri lanka
help-desk people.
The DirecTV installers butchered the
dish install, put lag bolts right through the
roof, big nasty leaking holes and splinters of
wood and it still wobbled in the wind. I would
have been pissed had we not been doing a roof
job a few months later anyway. I re-installed
it proper-like, it's easy enough to do it
yourself. More & better music channels,
roomie liked the sports line-up better.
-Ken
CenturyLink recently laid fiber in my area and
is pitching their new Internet/DirectTV
service. Does anyone have recent experience
with CenturyLink's fiber offering or with
DirectTV as well? It looks like I could save a
good amount every month and could even get a
faster speed, so I'm strongly considering it.
Yelp reviews are awful, but so are the Cox
Cable ones (my current provider), so I'm
seeking any firsthand comments or experiences.
Thanks,
Mark
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