DirecTV Extra Charge

Yes, I did, but I cannot access the bill anymore because I get this screen:

Yes, I just noticed that the XTRA package increased. Companies like AT&T (as well as the networks) are going to find out the hard way that people aren't going to keep paying these outrageous charges to watch TV!  Like phone landlines, most people will just cancel their service.  There are so many greedy companies these days that I hope they go out of business!

I hear you, but if these are services you want, you'll end up at some streaming service paying them for the same content.  But you may have to pay multiple streaming services to get what you want, and paying a higher total.

Good luck!

AT&T/DirecTV has to keep paying the outrageous charges to the networks. So their costs go up then ours does as well. Until the networks stop their increases this is how it will be. All TV providers deal with increasing costs over the years because of this.

So this issue starts with the networks, not the TV providers.

Yes, I agree that the Networks are also greedy.

It has nothing to do with the streaming services and besides, I don't have any extras like that. They increased the price of all of their packages.

You do have the XTRA package, which has such things as Discovery (which you can get from Discovery+), ESPN (which ESPN+ would get you).  There are other accumulators like Sling, Philo, YouTube TV that would get you something like the DIRECTV XTRA package.

Thanks for your suggestions. I am not able to see what channels are offered in the 40 or 50-channel package, but in the meantime, I plan to downgrade to the "Entertainment" package. I think companies like AT&T are going to find out sooner than later that many customers are going cancel on them by using their creativity to buy ala carte services that cost much less money. Now the question is, will these other services go up in price?  Maybe.

If I recall, YouTube TV is $60/mo. I reviewed their service with a 14-day trial.  I wasn't particularly impressed though. It's easier to navigate using DirecTV's menu. I'll have to do more research on Sling - and I've never heard of Philo before.

Everyone thinks those ala carte services are going to save them money.  It may for a short period of time while the services try to get viewers, then they'll try to monetize the eyeballs and we'll be right back here, only with streaming services.

People are already finding out about OTT and channel negotiations (YouTube TV).

Yep, I agree...that's precisely what happened with Netflix. I started using their service a long time ago when broadband was very poor (low and slow) and made streaming horrendous.  The cost of living is going up so fast that it will either put everyone in the poor house and/or companies will have a smaller market to sell to. It's such a (Edited per community guidelines) shame.  But people are very informed these days, which allows them to be armed with more options and opportunities.