Direct Tv

Open Discussion - for our Readers, Islanders, and Web Site Visitors alike. Discussion regarding any and all aspects of Beaver Island are welcome here. Also a place for general Beaver Island conversation and discussion.

Moderator: Gillespie

Post Reply
mike
Posts: 2
Joined: Mon Jul 23, 2018 5:01 pm

Direct Tv

Post by mike »

Wondering if there was someone on the Island proficient with Direct TV. Been trying to schedule a technician from Direct TV and have had three no shows!
Gillespie
Posts: 1563
Joined: Tue Mar 11, 2003 1:43 pm
Contact:

Re: Direct Tv

Post by Gillespie »

Many of us are switching to YouTubeTV. It is a streaming service so you need a little bandwith but no more hassle with Direct or Dish and 75 channels for 50 bucks a month SIX USERS THOUGH!! Share it with family members anywhere! It's great, includes your local channels too!
DwightEarly
Posts: 62
Joined: Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:24 pm
Location: Beaver Island, MI
Contact:

Re: Direct Tv

Post by DwightEarly »

Gillespie wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2020 8:12 am Many of us are switching to YouTubeTV. It is a streaming service so you need a little bandwith but no more hassle with Direct or Dish and 75 channels for 50 bucks a month SIX USERS THOUGH!! Share it with family members anywhere! It's great, includes your local channels too!
Rich is correct about YouTubeTV and needing good Internet speeds (bandwith). Unfortunately, at our East Side Drive house, TDS is still only providing DSL speeds (5Mbps maximum download speed) which doesn't support streaming all that well. (Lots of interruptions to cache the video.)

Both TDS and Great Lakes have been promising higher speeds for BI'ers for several years. When that happens, then I can kiss DirecTV goodbye. In the meantime, I keep sacrificing a chicken each morning to the computer gods to give us higher speed Internet.
Post Reply