That is terrible news. My daughters love that feature.

I saw the SEC Network problems and have had the picture break up on ESPNU at times recently too. SEC Network seems fine now, but ESPNU acts weird sometimes. All other channels seem fine.

I am moved from the Knoxville market to the Nashville market. I have Xtra with Sunday Ticket and HD Extra.

The article clearly states that the use was while he was off-duty. If an employer wanted to fire an employee for doing the legal things you mentioned while at home, there would definitely be an issue.

I do not believe that Dish is crazy enough to put out flyers in neighborhoods promoting the SEC Network and then make it SD-only. There will be holy hell to pay if they sucker people in for a standard definition channel that will likely be on other providers within few months to a year in HD.

They don't.

I bet I will watch more Longhorn Network than the majority of other channels this year and I have no affinity for Texas. I also doubt it costs that much when you consider that it was just shoved into a broader deal that involved getting the SEC Network off the ground and Disney dealing with...

If it is anything like what happened in my case then the fact that his daughter was at the address of the old account at the time it went unpaid is enough to block her from getting service in the future. The name never needed to be on the account. DirecTV has done this for years. They will hold...

This happened to me when my dad owed them money from 2004 when I wanted service in 2010. He eventually paid it. I live across an entire state and I am NOT him.

Fine. If that only applies to new customers...

And you don't think this happens just as often in the eastern part of the country? I am in Knoxville, TN with no LOS to EA. I have lived in three different houses in this town in the last five years. This is the second time that has happened to me. I also can't do anything about the trees...

That doesn't sound very willing to do anything but threaten.

Then go away and let someone else do it? The manure will hit the proverbial fan is ESPN goes missing.

My Dish account has come out of hibernation again. Maybe ESPNU in HD will show up this year. I'm not counting on it, but it is unlikely that the two sides will come to a deal without that channel.

I have three HD DVRs and none of them got a message about this.

All that channel ever did for me is make games that were broadcast in 3D look like reheated garbage on their HD channel. Good riddance to a bad gimmick.

I called a few weeks ago and said "cancel" just to get the retentions department. I wanted the Red Zone Channel. I told the guy straight up that I wasn't looking to cancel, but that I had heard that they were the only ones with the power to add that channel individually. I ended up with Sunday...

I agree with some of that, but without a subsidized installation, I would not have DirecTV. I'm not paying for the installation, receivers, and any other fees just to get a service that cable would certainly install for free or for a much lower price. It would be very difficult to put that genie...

Is a "move" to Los Angeles or New York acceptable to the OP? That would get ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox, but nothing else as far as locals go.

Just call and tell them where you are at and you will get the game you want. They only black out the games that you already receive on local channels. If your address says you are in Titans territory, then the Sunday Ticket channel for that game will be blacked out so they don't interfere with...

I can't help you with this, but I'd gladly buy something like this if ported to Windows Phone 8.

The only real way to know is to call and ask.

It would be a pretty weak negotiating position to say that any arbitrary price increase is fine. And the price isn't going to go down for subscribers...

I'd do it just to see if they would call me. There is nothing illegal or improper about doing that.

A customer can't assume things though. I moved into this house in February 2011 with an install set up for the following week. The installer came out and refused to do the install citing line of sight issues. Two weeks later, after getting fed up with Comcast's issues, I ordered DirecTV again...