Today I made the call to cancel DirecTV

[Walter White]

Fine and dandy if you don't want sports.

Wort it to me. I'd rather spend that time playing sports anyhow. You can catch the games you really want to see at a restaurant/bar.

Five years from now, would you rather someone hand you $5k to $6k in cash, or would you rather have watched the games at your home?

 

[J.R. Ewing]

Wort it to me. I'd rather spend that time playing sports anyhow. You can catch the games you really want to see at a restaurant/bar.

Five years from now, would you rather someone hand you $5k to $6k in cash, or would you rather have watched the games at your home?

I thought about that strategy for a while, but going out to a sports bar 4+ times a month is going to cost a lot more than cable/sat. IPAs and buffalo wings ain't cheap.

 

[Dark Bohner]

Wort it to me. I'd rather spend that time playing sports anyhow. You can catch the games you really want to see at a restaurant/bar.

Five years from now, would you rather someone hand you $5k to $6k in cash, or would you rather have watched the games at your home?

You do realize that the whole point to this thread is that DTV doesn't carry the Pac 12 Network, thus the switch? Almost everybody here would dump satellite/cable if not for sports. I did it this last off-season. I'll take my sports programming for the cost.

 

[Walter White]

I thought about that strategy for a while, but going out to a sports bar 4+ times a month is going to cost a lot more than cable/sat. IPAs and buffalo wings ain't cheap.

I just watch less sports. I like it. Works for me.

 

[Buffarino]

I just watch less sports. I like it. Works for me.

You do know what this website is all about, right?

 

[Junction]

You do know what this website is all about, right?

Pictures of hot chicks?

 

[J.R. Ewing]

I just watch less sports. I like it. Works for me.

To each their own. I live in Houston; what the heck else am I going to do with my time other than drink beer and watch sports?

 

[Walter White]

You do know what this website is all about, right?

Talking about a really bad football team?

 

[Walter White]

To each their own. I live in Houston; what the heck else am I going to do with my time other than drink beer and watch sports?

Move

 

[Buffarino]

Talking about a really bad football team?

Occasionally, the members of this site are known to watch sporting events.

 

[Buffarino]

Pictures of hot chicks?

In the offseason, yes.








Who am I kidding. That is year-round.

 

[OrangeBowl]

Each has their issues.To me Comcast internet has been super and TV good enough.As has been mentioned the OnDemand and streaming stuff are great features.I never liked the idea of signing a contract for satellite,my parents have Dish and love it though.

 

[dio]

I cut cable six months ago and stream in 1080i hd through Xbox and Roku. Cable is a massive rip off.

$85/month for essentially basic service x 5 years = $5,100. That adds up into real money.

I started this 6 years ago and haven't looked back. Do miss some of the sports, but I can find most everything online to stream nowadays

 

[Hugegroove]

I'm still not happy with DTV, So when I threatened to cancel DTV they gave me the Collage sports package and lowered my bill 10.00 a month. If they don't get the P-12 by next season, I'm done with them.

 

[rscmac]

I have had Dish for years and am very happy with them. I compared prices and in my mind get a much better deal for the money with Dish. That said I was considering dropping them until out of the blue they picked up the PAC12 network.

If anyone wants to switch to them PM me and I will send you a card that gets both of us a nice discount.

i got the same cards in the mail also.

 

[DBT]

I posted this in the other thread as well.

http://dailytrojan.com/2012/09/24/pac-12-networks-negotiations-continue-to-stall/

There are two sides to the negotiation story.

 

[dply]

I posted this in the other thread as well.

http://dailytrojan.com/2012/09/24/pac-12-networks-negotiations-continue-to-stall/

There are two sides to the negotiation story.

I'm not clicking on a link titled daily trojan for a number of reasons.

 

[leftybuff]

I posted this in the other thread as well.

http://dailytrojan.com/2012/09/24/pac-12-networks-negotiations-continue-to-stall/

There are two sides to the negotiation story.

I am guessing the thrust of the article is that the P12 is eagerly attempting to penetrate each and every market while DirecTV holds out, fearing that any rupture in it's resistance, according to the Daily Trojan, will lead to the seeds of greed spilling onto even more fertile ground. This, of course, will be followed by a cessation of the period...in which the parties could hold off the inevitable delivery of a potentially unwanted product. DirecTV's stance may seem frigid, but is simply a good corporate prophylactic measure to avoid expenses that could otherwise be avoided over the next two decades.

 

[DBT]

I'm not clicking on a link titled daily trojan for a number of reasons.

Hmm. And I can think of a number of reasons TO click on it, :lol: Anyway, an SC professor blames the PAC 12 network for being greedy.

 

[sackman]

I posted this in the other thread as well.

http://dailytrojan.com/2012/09/24/pac-12-networks-negotiations-continue-to-stall/

There are two sides to the negotiation story.

There's a lot of politicing going on in that story. Each side is trying to paint the other as greedy bastards. The reality is that the Pac 12 Networks are carried on Dish and most of the cable carriers. DirecTV needs to get on board - fast.

 

[CVilleBuff]

New respect for Jiffy Lube. Walk in today and the Pac-12 network is playing on their tv without me even having to even change the channel. Then when I'm paying the guy sees my CU hat and starts talking to me about the Pac-12 and the Buffs. The network might suck in terms of not being broadcast right now by DirecTV, but we're certainly enjoying increased exposure in our new conference.