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Satellite

Group 5 minus 1 — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 15:42:46 GMT

We are looking to change our satellite TV but are not able to find any to fit our needs. We can not get cable out here. Any ideas?

Re: Satellite

Marp — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 16:32:12 GMT

What specifically are you looking for in satellite TV? There are really only two major providers--Dish and Direct. You may be able to find small or upstart providers but that will require an internet search based on your location.

Re: Satellite

Group 5 minus 1 — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 16:38:48 GMT

Thank you Marp. We are way out in the boonies. Talked to Dish yesterday and were disappointed in what they offered. We also have an antenna but it doesn't serve our needs.We only watch about 5 channels.

Re: Satellite

Nightowlz — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 16:38:52 GMT

Try DISH. We have had service with them for almost 20 yrs. & have been happy with the service. Have not had but a couple of issues during that time.

We always had problems with the cable company.

I compared pricing & programming packages to see which package would work best for us. DISH had the lower price for the channels we wanted.

Re: Satellite

Group 5 minus 1 — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 16:41:05 GMT

We talked to DISH yesterday and were not happy w/ what was offered.

Re: Satellite

Nightowlz — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 16:44:26 GMT

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Re: Satellite

software — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 16:54:51 GMT

@ncascade wrote:
We talked to DISH yesterday and were not happy w/ what was offered.

So call DirecTV, both are pretty much the same (Dish & DirecTv) and unless you have screaming internet service, that's your choices.

Re: Satellite

RedTop — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 18:02:47 GMT

We live in the boonies of West Virginia and have had DirecTV programming for nearly 20 years without any issues. I have no qualms whatsoever about recommending this company.

Re: Satellite

Moonchilde — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 18:21:33 GMT

@ncascade wrote:
We are looking to change our satellite TV but are not able to find any to fit our needs. We can not get cable out here. Any ideas?

We also live in the boonies and can’t get cable. We have DirecTV and it suits our needs. Really, you only have two choices, DirecTV and Dish, so you’d have to go with one of them, whether either is ideal or not. Those with (literally) almost no choice have to deal with what’s available, period, or go without.

Re: Satellite

Kachina624 — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 15:23:40 GMT

I used to see ads for HughesNet which is for people living in the boonies.

Re: Satellite

depglass — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 17:26:03 GMT

We have had DirecTV for 10 years and I love them. We got service for our cottage 100 miles away for free, as if it were a bedroom, I guess. Much better company to deal with than Charter-Spectrum in our previous city. We have Hughes Net for satellite internet, our phone company kept dropping off. Direct runs about 100.00, Hughes runs 60.00, rather high for just internet, but that's our only possibility. Direct has a much better remote setup than Dish, we can check other channels on a bar at the bottom of the screen, both current and future time slots. I couldn't do that at a friend's house with DISH, but perhaps I just didn't know how to do it.

Re: Satellite

Marp — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 17:50:47 GMT

@depglass, how satisfied are you with Hughes Net? When they upgraded to Gen5 were you automatically upgraded? Are both the upload and download speeds consistent? I appreciate a critique of the service.

Where I am the only viable Internet provider (provider is a misnomer in this case) is Frontier and at my address the best download speed I can get until they upgrade (which they promise to do every year but the promises are empty) is about 1.5mbps which precludes efficient use of some streaming and security cameras which generally require 2mbps upload speed. My upload doesn't even come close to minimum.

I am seriously considering changing to Hughes Net but am also tempted by Excede's new unlimited plan. I'm hoping Huges Net will start offering unlimited.