As of 31 March I am no longer an AT&T or DirecTV (DTV) customer. All equipment as been returned from both DTV accounts. One account has a refund due and the other has a early contract cancelation fine. But these just about cancel out.
I was annoyed of the DTV decision to not renew OANN and AWE but to add a couple very racially bias channels. I did not complain about the Gay tv programming or other very extreme bias channels. I just did not watch after seeing their "in your face" programming. I just feel it is very hypocritical for people to ban others from viewing what they watch because they dont agree with them. If I did not agree with a point of view I dont subscribe to that channel. I know all the providers know the numbers of viewers on any given channel and even know the time (so the shows) being watched. If the numbers were showing any channel was not performing I do understand removing that for a cost basis. If DTV was honest in showing the numbers of any / all channels by viewers it would clearly show reasoning but, by not showing these statistics it makes decisions very suspect as too bias. Putting out false information now would also discredit any company's creditability with the subscribers.
I did enjoy most of the programming available on DTV but DTV opened my eyes to the availability of all the channels either on over the Air (OTA) Free TV as well as all the net streaming options. I have found that with the use of Tivo OTA systems I have all the capability I had with DTV with out all the Pay per View (PPV) and on demand, which I did not use anyway. I also found with Prime TV and Fire TV, I still have access to even the "on demand" and PPV if I so desire for a fraction of the cost.
In closing, I would like to thank DTV for their poor decision by dropping OAN and making this a seemingly very political decision, and opening my eyes to the availability and options I have. I lowered my costs to less than 20% of what I was paying DTV. Additionally I dropped my over 20 year AT&T cell phone subscription to Patriot mobile for again less than half the cost for the same coverage because it is still on the same system. This was a poorly constructed implementation of the direction DTV is heading. Across the board Satellite viewership is decreasing and the streaming is increasing. Streaming DTV is not going to replace the loss either. Your presumptive non-renewal of OANN and AWE disenfranchised a number of customers based upon a political culture when it would have been more advantageous to consider designing a package that would have been tailored to the "Woke" or progressive groups. Expanding the customer base may have been a better solution than surrendering to ANY political culture.
I am an EX-DirecTV and AT&T customer. I dropped DTV because of two issues. 1. The nonrenewal of OANN and the extremes in programing. 2. Is the cost almost doubled for service.
@ShirlJR Read complaint OAN filed against DIRECTV in California Supreme court on OAN home page. It’s eye opening… very sad the company let politics in the board room.
"Read the first amendment genius has nothing to do with private business."
The First Amendment says that Congress shall make no laws concerning the freedom of speech yet two Congressional Democrats, on official letterhead, wrote to several TV providers, including AT&T demanding that they no longer carry Fox News, Newsmax and OANN. Do you really think this is not a matter of freedom of speech? There may have been an 'internal review' but in light of the facts, it's only obvious.
johnmichaelprice
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Basically, it is censorship.
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ahwhite
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@ShirlJR
We have been discussing this for months.
As of 31 March I am no longer an AT&T or DirecTV (DTV) customer. All equipment as been returned from both DTV accounts. One account has a refund due and the other has a early contract cancelation fine. But these just about cancel out.
I was annoyed of the DTV decision to not renew OANN and AWE but to add a couple very racially bias channels. I did not complain about the Gay tv programming or other very extreme bias channels. I just did not watch after seeing their "in your face" programming. I just feel it is very hypocritical for people to ban others from viewing what they watch because they dont agree with them. If I did not agree with a point of view I dont subscribe to that channel. I know all the providers know the numbers of viewers on any given channel and even know the time (so the shows) being watched. If the numbers were showing any channel was not performing I do understand removing that for a cost basis. If DTV was honest in showing the numbers of any / all channels by viewers it would clearly show reasoning but, by not showing these statistics it makes decisions very suspect as too bias. Putting out false information now would also discredit any company's creditability with the subscribers.
I did enjoy most of the programming available on DTV but DTV opened my eyes to the availability of all the channels either on over the Air (OTA) Free TV as well as all the net streaming options. I have found that with the use of Tivo OTA systems I have all the capability I had with DTV with out all the Pay per View (PPV) and on demand, which I did not use anyway. I also found with Prime TV and Fire TV, I still have access to even the "on demand" and PPV if I so desire for a fraction of the cost.
In closing, I would like to thank DTV for their poor decision by dropping OAN and making this a seemingly very political decision, and opening my eyes to the availability and options I have. I lowered my costs to less than 20% of what I was paying DTV. Additionally I dropped my over 20 year AT&T cell phone subscription to Patriot mobile for again less than half the cost for the same coverage because it is still on the same system. This was a poorly constructed implementation of the direction DTV is heading. Across the board Satellite viewership is decreasing and the streaming is increasing. Streaming DTV is not going to replace the loss either. Your presumptive non-renewal of OANN and AWE disenfranchised a number of customers based upon a political culture when it would have been more advantageous to consider designing a package that would have been tailored to the "Woke" or progressive groups. Expanding the customer base may have been a better solution than surrendering to ANY political culture.
I am an EX-DirecTV and AT&T customer. I dropped DTV because of two issues. 1. The nonrenewal of OANN and the extremes in programing. 2. Is the cost almost doubled for service.
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Pro1A
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@ShirlJR Read complaint OAN filed against DIRECTV in California Supreme court on OAN home page. It’s eye opening… very sad the company let politics in the board room.
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Catskills_Dan
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Good grief @Constructive ! Settle down! You're an employee of AT&T. Try acting like one. This is a customer you're talking to.
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johnmichaelprice
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Thank you @ahwhite.
I will explore other streaming options then plan to cut DTV.
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Catskills_Dan
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@Constructive
You said to @ShirlJR :
"Read the first amendment genius has nothing to do with private business."
The First Amendment says that Congress shall make no laws concerning the freedom of speech yet two Congressional Democrats, on official letterhead, wrote to several TV providers, including AT&T demanding that they no longer carry Fox News, Newsmax and OANN. Do you really think this is not a matter of freedom of speech? There may have been an 'internal review' but in light of the facts, it's only obvious.
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