But the cable TV service just has to go, as the channel selection and quality is below average. With so much discussion these days about high definition, there just wasn’t much of that with Charter cable TV. So I started doing a little research on who else was providing service in my area.
I happen to be one of the individuals who have been given a few options. Unlike most subscribers who can only pick from either the cable company or Direct TV satellite TV, I have another option in my region. The old telephone company in this area has been upgrading the telephone network. So there is an additional player with AT&T and their U-Verse service.
That doesn’t of course mean I won’t have similar problems. It could put me in the same boat as with the cable company, because telephone guys want customers to package their TV setup with high speed and voice service. If the service is good, I’ll be satisfied. But if its not you’re in the same circumstance that we all hate, being stuck with cable TV that isn’t all that great. So I’m doing a side by side comparison, Direct TV vs cable so I make the right decision.
Most evaluations I found on the internet are pretty good on telecom television service. Because it is new, there is sometimes a learning curve with a service like this, and some folks write poor reviews. Those reviews are the funny, simply for the reason people make the decision to write a dissertation on their horrible experience and post it on the world wide web. They badmouth the company like it is some giant conspiracy to screw the customer, as if the corporation does not want to make money!
Another option I’m looking into is of course satellite television. Since we have five television watchers in the house, we usually buy a premium TV package. The satellite TV choices are pretty comparable, as the Premier package by DirecTV and the America’s Everything Pack from DISH Network are both right around $100 a month. Yes that’s pretty high for pay TV, but if you compare that to treating your family to dinner and a movie, the entertainment value is comparable. Some of my family speak Spanish, so the Direct TV Mas programming package looks like a winner. The good thing is that there are plenty of DirecTV pros and cons to help me decide which direction to take.
