Renewing services contracts for TV-Internet-Phone is worse than prepping for a colonoscopy. And if you understand the differences between what you have and what they’re selling – you’re (1) a genius, or (2) dealing with Verizon.
I was with DirecTV from 1995 until 2011 when I moved to a location where the only providers for the 3-services bundle are Comcast and Verizon. Keeping DirecTV for TV and using Verizon or Comcast for phone & internet was/is just too cost prohibitive.
As of last month, the phone + 50/50 internet + TV service for 3 TVs (2 DVRs) with a recording capability of 4 simultaneous recordings and whole-house access was costing $178 per month.
The services worked pretty well – every system has glitches now and then. M major complaint was managing and coordinating the 2 DVRs and their recordings schedules.
I called (800) VER-IZON and talked with a nice lady who offered to upgrade me to Quantum. The difference is that the DVR is 1 box that can record 6 shows simultaneously, any TV can FULLY control the DVR, and every TV can PAUSE live TV.
2-year price lock at $173/month. 2 additional recordings, $5 bucks less. And yeah, I’m limited to 100 hours, but there’s an eSATA plug… and for $10/mo., I can expand to 12 recordings and 200 hours.
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