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[SailingDawg]

I'm cutting the cord with Directv, problem is I will pay this month bill which I would owe for regardless of cancelling today or next month. Been a customer for 29 years, they use to be really good with customer service, now days they suck, could care less about existing loyal customers.

Hello You Tube Tv but I'm gonna see if anything is better which I don't think so.

P.S. thanks SailingDawg as I will do the referral thingy you sent. Not sure how long the free thing works till the service kicks in, I'm assuming the cost will be around $72 for the base package.

You?re welcome. Yes, the price just increased. They said it had been three years since so whatever. I like YouTube tv. It gets all the sports you need and you can add five ?family members? as users as well.

[MabenMaroon]

Worked for DirecTV for 18 years and got the Premier package at no charge as a benefit. When I became disabled and retired they gave me 30 days notice and were going to charge me full price. I got the Amazon Fire Stick and Hulu with Disney+ Live. I was already subscribed to Amazon Prime for shopping purposes, so I got Prime Video and Paramount+ is included with the 247/Gene's Page subscription. Needless to say, we have got more TV programming available than we could possibly watch. We get all of the ESPNs and allied RSNs, get a boatload of movies ( more than DTV ) and our locals. Hulu+ and Prime Video as well as 247 total less than $100 a month
The Hulu app tends to freeze every so often and sometimes requires unplugging to reboot, don't lose any programming but it is aggravating, I might try a Roku device or switching to YouTubeTV or Fubo to see if that helps the freezing up problems ( our internet is plenty fast and reliable )

[coachnorm]

There is a reason why DirecTV went from first to worst. DirecTV is terrible and it spreads the sports between the packages to force subscribers to get the premiere packages. That problem does not exist with YouTube TV. The regional sports networks are filing for bankruptcy and DirecTV was the market holder for a lot of its content so in the near future there will be nothing on DirecTV that will not be on YouTube TV so just cancel an inferior content provide for a cheaper and better one with YouTube TV or possibly HULU. BTW HULU is good but does not do locals so if you get a good over the air antenna and mix with the stream with it you have upgraded.

Also regular YouTube is best for documentaries and travel content. If you get YouTube Premium, you can get superior content without commercials.

[Dawgface]

The beauty of Youtube TV and the other streaming services there is no contract. You can cancel anytime. For me there are some months I don't give 2 $hits about sports on ESPN and the other sports channels. I'm primarily a college football guy. So I cancel and scale back to something else during those down months. But even if you want it year round it's still a good deal compared to cable and Dish.

[Joebob]

Based on the free trial I got, I really liked YouTube TV. I almost got rid of my cable package, but I hate using the remote on my Apple TV to navigate everything on YouTube TV, and cable is still more convenient. So for now I'm going to keep my cable (and remote ). Probably won't be much longer though and I'll make the switch. My cable bill is absurd.

[MabenMaroon]

Hulu does indeed have locals.

[coachnorm]

Hulu does indeed have locals.

I stand corrected. I was just repeating some past out of date information. I have YouTube TV and not Hulu and a friend of mine told me he did not have locals with his Hulu package years ago.