I am currently a directv customer, triple play bundled with verizon phone and dsl.

 

I am happy with directv TV wise, but the internet verizon offers sucks. I pay for their " upgraded " speeds and I am getting 6.82 Mbps down / 0.70 upload.

 

Our home land line, we never use. the only time it rings is when a solictor is calling, it's become nothing but a nuisance. We want to drop our home phone completely, we have cell phones for primary contact

 

I am out of contract on both, but according to the verizon guy I cant just drop the phone, If I want to keep their internet, I HAVE to have their phone plan too.

 

Bah..

 

I was thinking about downgrading ( or trying to convince directv to give me a sweet new customer promotinal deal to stay with them ) .. Just keeping their TV service, and getting comcast to hook up their basic 20/4 mbps internet. 35$ for the first 6/months, then $50 a month after that.

 

 

Does anybody else do this sort of configuration and feel they are getting the most of their money / best deal? Am I over thinking this and should just drop directv and go with comcast TV & Internet?

 

Discuss

I have the exact same deal, direct tv and Comcast Internet. But for different reasons. Direct tv has better international packages for my wife. But in addition to Comcast cable, if you bundle it with a basic service, it's like 56 dollars per month. And I use that as a back up for when satellite is down. Snowstorms, bad weather, etc...

 

Is it the best bang for the money?? Depends. We don't have a home phone either, only cell phones, which one of you will have to be the primary phone for the house for contact information, and that can be a pain sometimes...

Ah, now I am just thinking make the complete swap to comcast.

 

they have a package for $70/mo for 6 months ( plus another $17/mo for HD DVR ) free hbo for 3 months ( then $10/mo after that )

 

 

Plus in order to negate the monthly lease charge, i'd buy my own modem for the 60-70 bucks or so.

 

 

SO,... uhh, like $87/mo for months 1-3,then $97 for months 3-6, then roughly $125/mo after that. --- " NO AGREEMENT REQUIRED " so I assume I can cancel at anytime/not locked in for 2 years.

 

plus whatever other fees , taxes, and charges they manage to throw in.

 

god these companies are scum

I had the DirecTv - Optimun internet - Verizon land line setup for years. A few months ago I switched to Optimun everything. Currently paying about $100 less a month. Optimun upgraded their system around here so the picture is excellent (still not quite DTV), the phone service is fine, I never use the land line but my wife needs it for work. With the promo Optimum offered, I got their Boost internet package included for 2 years. I also kept the Verizon land line with the $12 a month pkg. just in case of extended power outages.

I have the same setup and I feel it's the best of both worlds. I love DirecTV, and I think Comcasts TV & equipment sucks but they have the best Internet. When Comcasts 1-year promo rate on internet service is up, you can usually re-negotiate as well (tell them Fios is knocking on doors in your area). Another thing most people forget - during an outage like Sandy, once the generator is running, you have TV service. I know a LOT of people who didn't get cableTV back until days after the power was restored. If you have a wife & kids, this can go a long way towards keeping everybody sane in a similar situation!

I'm assuming no Fios availability? Fios is wayyy better a product to me (at least in my area of Monmouth county) over optimum or Comcast. Verizon customer service sucks big time but the Fios service is unbeatable. Higher quality tv picture and no outage when everyone was out of power during Sandy and Internet is realllllly fast. We use Vonage for the home phone service and it works great.

 

Just my 0.02!

yeah to bad no Fios I average 19-21Mbs download and 16-18Mbs upload which is good for me and I love the mulit-room dvr but I also have comcast at my business and get decent down/upload speeds in the 10-12 Mbs

Fios isnt avail by me, nor is the other random companies like optimum, time warner, etc.

 

Pretty much comcast and directv are the only players in town.

 

 

Spent hours on the phone today, and doing research.

 

I went with

 

DirecTV for television services, and comcast for internet

 

HBO included, free showtime, stars, encore for 6 months.

 

$103/mo for the 1st 6 months

$128/mo months 6-12

$156/mo months 12-24

 

 

Saving a ton of money, was paying damn near 240 a month for directv/verizon triple play.

 

No phone service, though I might look into magic jack... anybody have any experience with magic jack? it really work?

I have the exact same deal, direct tv and Comcast Internet. But for different reasons. Direct tv has better international packages for my wife. But in addition to Comcast cable, if you bundle it with a basic service, it's like 56 dollars per month. And I use that as a back up for when satellite is down. Snowstorms, bad weather, etc...

 

Is it the best bang for the money?? Depends. We don't have a home phone either, only cell phones, which one of you will have to be the primary phone for the house for contact information, and that can be a pain sometimes...

 

Same here.... I got Vonage when they first came out and still pay 14.99/month for my home phone