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I've had it for about four years, and the only times I've lost signal for more than a few hours are when the dish was covered in snow. Regular rain does nothing to the signal. And yes, its awesome, especially if you don't live in the local market of your teams.

Yes to all your questions. I had it the entire time I was in South Dakota and loved it.

Only reason I don't have it now is because it is cheaper to bundle my internet and TV with at&t.

Don't YOU save $100 as the person who referred them? I thought that's how it worked anyway...

DirecTV is the best service around, IIRC it may a be a tad more expensive than Comcast but as somebody who has had both, Directv is the better product. Comcast outages lasted forever, my directv goes out occasionally during heavy storms but it's only out for maybe 5 mins and then its all good again...

Edit: They also aren't idiots when something is wrong and you need to call them (Dealing with Comcast was always a nightmare).

Both people save the $100.

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you will lose HD signal during massive t-storms until they are over but just switch to SD and and you can still watch whatever you are watching.

If you are getting multiple HD DVR's invest in the protection plan...everything is covered including the equipment...last thing you want to do is pay $200-400 for a new box which you will. Best $7 a month I can spend since when installed you get new equipment but once you go into the replacements they are refurbished. In 4 years I have got 3 replacements.

I'm not real happy with DirecTV at the moment, but we'll see if a call to retention fixes that.

I've had Directv for ~3 years and I think its gone out due to weather maybe 5 times

You make one death announcement thread, and you never live it down.

If you're going to sign up, do so through AAA. They give you $200 off your bill ($10/mo for 20 months) and you can compound a recommendation from someone at $10/mo off for 10 months. Plus, they're running a promotion for free NFL Sunday Ticket for one year. That way, even if you need to quit from your two-year agreement, their base package is $30/mo so with the discounts you're not out a ton of money if you go another direction.

I just switched recently from Comcast and I enjoy it a lot more...mainly because I get Root Sports Pittsburgh in HD instead of SD through Comcast. Also, the DVR is massive compared to Comcast's.

The only bummer is that the OnDemand is through the internet, so you have to download any show you want to watch rather than just watching it instantly through Comcast. Overall, I get more of the channels I want at a lower price, and despite it cutting out 4-5 times briefly during storms last month it is still worth it to me.

yours was just a particularly egregious piling on to the recent trend

This is a good point. Usually they'll give in if you talk to them long enough.

I didn't have to talk to them long. They went through the standard power cycle the unit, reset it,...

When all that failed they said they'd send me a replacement and I'd only be required to pay shipping. The protection plan is a joke, IMO.

Only reason I'd get it is if you have your dish mounted on your roof and you plan on getting the roof replaced. Sign up for the replacement plan, roofers take dish down, call DirecTV saying your signal is lost, technician comes and remounts it.

If you tell them on the phone that you are getting the roof replaced then that isn't covered, so just say your signal isn't working ... that's what my technician told me to do.