40 days until installation?

I am a new customer, I ordered my package last Friday and I received a call Sunday with the next available installation date as September 12th. That is almost 40 days away.

Is this typical everyone I spoke to who has Direct TV near me says that something must be wrong with whoever scheduled my installation because they all were able to start getting service within a week of signing up.

Anyone out there have any information about similar experiences?

The rep on the phone said to call back everyday to see if someone cancels their appointment but I don't have the cell phone minutes to do that.