DIRECTV dropping OANN?

@CMM3093 

If they are not comfortable for your budget, then fair enough. If you so greatly disagree with the decision to no longer carry and pay for OANN, that is also fair.

I agree that quality of customer service for DirecTV has dropped as agents from the AT&T side not familiar with how it works were thrown in the mix. On top of that the low staffing and increased outsourcing since the pandemic. All this alongside less (I believe) legacy DirecTV agents. I hope now that we are now in the time where this can start improving again, though I expect anything truly noticeable will take a while.

No idea where you got your "racist" from, but I respect we each have our own perceptions.

But, I am curious. What is the reason for the post? As this is not an airport, or their cancellation department, there is nothing that comes from announcing your departure here. It only serves to continue your attachment to AT&T further by posting in their forums. Such action means you are not truly free, otherwise you would have just moved on.

@CMM3093 

My response was honest and polite. You however decided to be insulting. Please leave the toxicity at the door and be a civil human being.

I'm considering changing cell carriers too but am "afraid" if I do, I won't like the new service.  I've been with AT&T for just over 10 years and left Verizon after 11 years  (with T-Mobile 1+ year in between) so I don't have any of the major carriers left.  I'm considering Patriot Mobile or PureTalk, maybe StraightTalk, I've checked that my phone is compatible but have yet to take the plunge.  I don't know that I have noticed a difference with DirecTV since AT&T took it over but I never got any discounts from either of them, since I was a customer with both before the merger, or takeover or whatever it was. 

@SuzeP1245 

Where we live cell reception is so spotty that we can't totally cut the cord. We have had Straittalk for several years and quite happy with it. The wife get the $35 plan because she is home more and uses wifi. I get $45 especially when I know I'm going to be in service. I listen to YouTube or audio books while i'm working. I've never run over my plan limits. $45 gives you unlimited talk/text to U.S. and Canada and I think even Mexico although I'm not sure. Also get 25 gigs of data. It uses Verizon towers which is what we have. 

@SuzeP1245 

Also with Straighttalk I purchase everything on line. Walmart is 35 miles away so we don't go very often.

It's pretty easy. As easy as any other shopping on line. 

Nothing has changed. Time to find alternatives. 

@OCDIVA2000 

I'm surprised that someone like 

@DIRECTVhelp has never chimed in to any of these many conversations. 

Effective sometime on Monday the 4th.  It's been discussed here for nearly 3 months, so much so, that any new OAN threads get closed and merged into the giant megathread.  There are some good ideas about alternatives if you are going to drop DirecTV.  I'm still working on clearing out my DVR (have about 7% to go now) and I'll be out before my next billing cycle starts in about 3 weeks.  https://forums.directv.com/conversations/community-lounge/directv-dropping-oann/61e2fc1ff693d71b8f6f5cac

@OCDIVA2000 

Go ahead and cancel then. Your post, trying to leverage your "20 years" by putting it in bold, does nothing. This is a public forum, mostly other customers.

So call and cancel and move on. If any of your "friends" feel the same then they must call on their own. Your account has nothing to do with theirs.

Sorry but DirecTV feels the value of no longer paying for OANN is worth more than the value of keeping you.

Apparently so!

It's happening. You'll need to find an alternative.

@ProudPatriot 

Doesn't matter how much you pay. Choosing not to carry OANN is their choice, not censorship.

In any case your post does nothing for your account. You must actually call to cancel. And the world moves on.

@ProudPatriot AT&T / DIRECTV are hiding under plausibie deniability as a smoke screen to the truth.  Be sure to Read OANN complaint filed in California Supreme Court as well as letters from State and Government Officials posted on OANN website.

Note the decision came soon after President Joe Biden urged social media companies and news outlets to “deal with misinformation and disinformation” on their platforms.  I guess if one does not agree with the viewpoint, it’s misinformation and disinformation.  

Note many of us are proud patriot customers like you AT&T & DIRECTV has clearly sent the message that we are not important. @Catskills_Dan has posted several resources in the forums which are helpful.  So has @ElmerFudd79 and @ahwhite .  We had a great thread going with over 88 pages of concerned customers but it was  closed.  

To be clear, DirecTV is not saying that Patriots are unimportant. Not all who watch are Patriots and not all Patriots watch it. But they are saying that no longer paying for OANN is worth any customers they lose over this.

Action being more important then some loss of customers, doesn't mean they are not important. A business has to weigh value of many factors. In this case, the decision was in favor of parting ways with OANN.

@ProudPatriot 

I do have to laugh and another thread about this. The big one had over 84 pages and thousands or comments. 

I strongly suggest looking at all the streaming options such as VUTV+ on Firestick if you have good internet access. I got a Tivo Edge OTA system to do the DVR side. With an antenna there are many local channels FREE. I can save over $600 a year now that I also dropped DTV and another $500 a year by switching to patriot mobile.  Now the funny part is they are using the AT&T network so lo less service for less that half of the cost

For starters, it is not our service. This is a public forum of other customers.

Not all of us have good enough internet (if at all) to support streaming-only. You also have to weigh the variety in one location vs managing multiple accounts and logins for streaming.

If your issue is OANN, then you will need to seek out one of their few other providers that carry them. Otherwise if it is just overall value, then you need to compare the different options out there (including other DirecTV packages). Just make sure you verify against regular cost, not simply intro pricing.

@MSoper425 That’s a great question.  Please see main form where many of us asked same question.  Apparently customer service to those who are conserv..atives is not a top priority.  Most with broadband jumped ship to more friendly providers… I feel bad for those living in dish only regions though. 

@MSoper425 

Exactly!

As @Pro1A said, this has been a long running issue. 

Do you really think that ONE channel out of tens of hundreds of DIRECTV channels will lower the rate? Sorry, but that won't make the cut. If DIRECTV stopped their carriage agreement with the Viacom channels, then your question would be valid. However, the loss of one channel won't magically lower rates. 

@detuch254 

Why can't you just answer in a polite manner? If you don't want to answer a question, skip over it and let someone else do it.

You get billed on a 30 day cycle. So let's say you're on the entertainment package at 69.99. That's 65 channels divided by the monthly rate. That's 1.0767, or 1 dollar. So yeah, I'm sure you can get a credit for a dollar 🤣🤣🤣

@Tired_of_technology  and @HaroldP .

According to Tired's math, rounded up of course, that should be a savings of a whopping $2.16! 

Unfortunately, it doesn't work like that and besides, DTV added some channels to the lineup, too.

Mr. 254, I don't believe I receive tens of hundreds of channels; and I doubt you do either.  However, if something was in the package when I subscribed to it why am I required to pay the same fee if the package no longer offers "what I bargained for"?

If the "only" reason to subscribe to DirecTV was for OANN, well to me that seems like a lot to pay for a single channel. Seems it would have been better to subscribe to one of the other providers that has it since you have no need for all the other content.

Freedom of Speech is not dead. And Freedom of Speech doesn't mean that DirecTV has to pay for OANN. It is their Freedom to carry it or not as they choose.

@Bewitched  I held on too.  I've thought about quitting DirecTV before but stuck around for OAN.  I've found other alternatives and will be moving on as well.  They don't care and neither should we.  I've talked to people on here and friends who have cut the cord for other reasons.  Lots of alternatives out there, just have to figure out what will work best for you.  I'm sure people have left DirecTV for other reasons besides OAN and will continue to do so. 

If OAN is the deciding channel, then yes seek your alternatives. AT&T/DirecTV are a business so don't have to "care". They make the decision they feel is best for them, regardless if there are some customers who don't like it. Naturally it would be expected that they calculated that parting ways with OAN was more worth it than the those customers who choose to leave. Time will tell if the decision was truly worth it or not.

NEVER THOUGHT THIS COULD HAPPEN IN AMERICA…

Announcement was a few months ago. If the channel means that much to you, then check out the providers that do carry it.

DIRECTV CENSORS OPINIONS… 

DIRECTV CENSORS OPINIONS..

We didn't drop OAN any more than you did. This is a public forum, not contact with AT&T/DirecTV themselves. For official support you call them when they are open.

@pooh3765 

Dish Network does not have OANN. Perhaps you heard someone mention OWN (as sounds the same), but like other major TV providers, Dish has not carried OANN.

https://www.oann.com/wheretowatch/

You can find One America News Network on the national providers:
KlowdTV at www.KlowdTV.com
CenturyLink PRISM – 208 (SD) and 1208 (HD)
GCI – 64 (SD) and 703 (HD)
Verizon FiOS – 116 (SD) and 616 (HD)
Vidgo at www.Vidgo.com

Notice Dish is not listed.

according to dish networks line up they have OAN on their 200+ 

https://www.usdish.com/tv/channels

No they don't.

Their channel lineup on their website does not list OAN.

https://www.dish.com/programming/channels/

Pooh is....what's that phrase again??

Oh yeah...fake news!