Re: Pick your poison.

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I have had Charter, Direct TV, and U-Verse (sort of).

Mar 9, 2015, 11:27 PM

Years ago I had Charter, but got fed up with rate increases and horrible customer service and switched to Direct TV. It was pretty good, but always, and I mean always went out when it rained. After a few years and several rate increases, U-Verse was offering a great deal to switch, so I called Direct TV, explained that I was a happy, loyal customer, and asked if they could work with me on lowering the rate. I told them that ATT was offering a great deal to switch, and that I was ready to hang up and call them if they wouldn't work with me. They flat out refused to budge one cent, so I hung up and signed on with U-Verse. It sounded great, and they agreed to give us 4 HD boxes. They showed up a few days later and started the install, and asked which TV I wanted the HD box on. Apparently, the signal was not strong enough at my house to provide HD on more than one TV, so I told them to forget it. They acted pissed about it, but I was more pissed than they were. As it turned out, Charter was running an even better deal than U-Verse, so I took a chance and signed back up with them. I have to say, the customer service is a thousand times better than it was a few short years ago, and the picture quality was noticeably superior to both Direct TV and my friends who have U-Verse. Furthermore, cable internet can't be beat, and when you bundle everything it's a pretty fair deal. Programming packages are always changing, but I think are pretty similar between them all. Just my 2 or 3 cents worth!

P.S. - It's funny - A few days after I dropped Direct TV, they called and wanted to know what they could do to get my business back, and proceeded to make me a better offer! I kid you not!

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Thanks for the input. I've been with U-verse for about 36 months and the rates are getting out of control....and they want to keep me by offering a $10 discount....NOT enough for me to stay. I've had Dish and Direct in the past but was pissed when I left them, so going back that route doesn't excite me. So my options are an antenna, hulu, amazon prime and internet....or go with charter for their triple play (since internet and TV alone are the same price).

I like the idea of cutting the cord and going with an antenna, but it seems with internet and adding Dish Sling for sports, plus hulu and/or amazon prime, my overall cost would be within $10 of just going with Charter. There just always has been a lot of negative comments about Charter in my circle of friends.

Charter cable...anyone that is happy with Charter..?

What are your other cable options?***

Re: What are your other cable options?***

But I'm assuming you don't have Comcast

Err...50 mbps down

I have had Charter, Direct TV, and U-Verse (sort of).

Pretty similar experience with DirecTV

Thanks for reminding me to cancel/pause DirecTV

Re: I have had Charter, Direct TV, and U-Verse (sort of).

Yea, that's what I've noticed about this whole cord cutting

you got to ask for the retention department***

I don't have Charter and they STILL manage to anger me

Pick your poison.

want one??

We've had Uverse at the condo in Clemson and as long as it

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